J'accuse
- Publication/Creation:
- Los Angeles, Calif. : Flicker Alley, LLC ; Paris : Lobster Films, 2008
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
- Edition:
- Deluxe DVD edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- J'accuse / auteur et metteur en scène, Abel Gance
- Uniform Title:
- J'accuse (Motion picture : 1919)
- Series Titles:
- Flicker Alley collection
Blackhawk Films collection
Flicker Alley collection.
Blackhawk Films collection.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Waste of war.
Abel Gance's J'Accuse and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.
Paris pendant la guerre.
Paris during the war.
Fighting the war.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Gance, Abel
Joubé, Romuald
Desjardins, Maxime, 1861-1936
Mars, Séverin, 1873-1921
Guys, Angèle
Heuzé, André
Diamant-Berger, Henri, 1895-1972
Galipaux, Félix, 1860-1931
Poulbot, Francisque, 1879-1946
Bromberg, Serge
Lange, Eric
Masino, Jeffery
Brownlow, Kevin. Waste of war
Hankins, Leslie K. Abel Gance's J'Accuse and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
Pathé cinéma (France)
Lobster Films (Firm)
Flicker Alley (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Silent films
War films
Feature films - Subjects:
- World War, 1914-1918--Drama
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama
Motion pictures--France
Love triangles
Sexual relationships
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Disc 1. Feature, parts 1-2 -- disc 2. Conclusion. Bonus features: Paris pendant la guerre (1915, ca. 31 min.) / Revue cinématique de MM. André Heuzé et Henri Diamant-Berger. Fighting the war (1916).
- Summary:
- J'accuse is a World War I drama considered to be one of the most technically advanced films of the era and the first major pacifist film. It was referred to by Gance as "a human cry against the bellicose din of armies." Stars Marise Dauvray as Edith, a young woman who is unhappily married to an older man, François (Séverin-Mars), but is actually in love with a young poet Jean Diaz (Romuald Joubé). Both Jean and François end up on the front lines of World War I while Edith is captured by German forces and suffers atrocities at the hands of the soldiers. Gance contrasts individual human suffering with the larger horrors of was, depicted with stark realism.
Paris pendant la guerre (Paris during the war): A rare comical look at Parisian life during wartime. These short vignettes feature several popular performers of the day (including: Félix Galipaux, M. Rablet, Marcel Simon, M. Boucot, Jane Faber) ; also includes Francois Poulbot's famous political cartoons. This vintage 35mm tinted print is courtesy of the Lobster Films Collection with Fotoplayer music by Robert Israel. - Language:
- English
French - Language Note:
- Intertitles in French with optional English subtitles.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 2 videodiscs (166 min.) : silent, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Technical Note:
- DVD.
- General Note:
- "The newly restored original 1919 version"--Cover of the case.
"Turner Classic Movies"--Container.
The new restoration includes an extensive booklet essay by Kevin Brownlow, who draws from his research and face to face interviews with Gance. Additional essay by Leslie Hankins analyzes the influence J'Accuse had on the works of Virginia Woolf, as well as its lasting impact on artists today. Notes by Annike Kross of the Nederlands Filmmuseum detail the film's restoration. Additional bonus features include two short films: Paris pendant la guerre (Paris during the War, 1915), and Fighting the War (1916).
Silent film with music. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars, Angèle Guys, Marise Dauvray.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Production/distribution: Pathé ; written and directed by Abel Gance ; cinematography, M.[Maurice] Forster, L.H. [Léonce-Henri] Burel, M. [Marc] Bujard ; editor, Marguerite Beaugé.
This edition produced by Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange, Jeffery Masino ; 2K Reconstruction and editing, Nederland Film Museum, Mark Paul Mayer, Annike Kross ; digital restoration, Eric Lange ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Robert Israel.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990022539330302486
- ISBN:
- 1893967395
9781893967397 - OCLC Number:
- 253509859
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 617311673993
- Publisher Number:
- FA009 Flicker Alley
- Barcode:
- 10002309566
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