Yet another innovative film to discuss! In 1927, French director Abel Gance released "Napoleon vu par Abel Gance" the cutting edge masterpiece depicting the early life of Napoleon. This movie is known for many new technologies in film making, but arguableythe most important of these was the use and invention of polyvision. The final scene of this movie was of a great battle, and Gance didnt feel that the standard screen size would do this ending scene justice. So he developed a method of outting three cameras together to film in a wide screen fashion. The three scenes were orojected on three screens with a seam attaching them. Gance was unable to make the images seamless, so insome parts, he projected three different scenes on the oanels at the same time.
Many theaters were unable to project this movie because they lacked the panels, so the film has many different versions. this is a problem that filmmakers still encounter today. There may be interesting and new technologies that directors want to use in their fikm, but if theaters do not the proper technology to show the movie, it isnt oractical to be made.
Napoleon by Abel Gance has now been restored, but it is still difficult to view this cinematic masterpiece. Some scenes are still missing fro. the original production.
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