Onto the New Year …
Saw Napoleon …
My Review:
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
Or your Director.
Still haven’t figured out why he made the movie … ??
But I think there’s some subjects you can’t make a Movie about … ?
Now I’m waiting for
Dune Part 2:
This could be another Movie you can’t make.
Like the Bible.
But I think it will be better than Napoleon.
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Just wanted to make sure my comment got accepted 🙂 Interesting that you mention Napoleon because Stanley Kubrick tried to helm an epic screen bio on him shortly after completing 2001: A Space Odyssey, but regime change at MGM among other things, prevented that 🙂 I have seen Abel Gance’s 1927 silent epic entitled Napoleon and that was amazing 🙂 Director Francis Ford Coppola did a 1981 restoration with an orchestra score provided by his father Carmine believe it or not 🙂
Sometimes I think my Blog is one of those ‘Subspace Anomalies’ from Star Trek. For a few days it completely disappeared – then magically beamed right back.
Napoleon?
Abel Gance’s 1927 version was inspired. The Hand of God is useful for most Art. And I believe there’s something about Napoleon that defies common logic.
Didn’t know about Coppola’s restoration though. That would be worth a watch for sure.
I do recall Rod Steiger in another version. I think I might regard this version with greater merit now.
But I think most Critics were not so kind.
Thanks for dropping by John. Belated New Years best wishes into 2024.
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