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Gance

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Gance (French) [gɑ̃s]
n
(Biographies / Gance, Abel (1889-1981) M, French, FILMS AND TV: director) Abel (abɛl). 1889-1981, French film director, whose works include J'accuse (1919, 1937) and Napoléon (1927), which introduced the split-screen technique


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In it Truffaut focuses to a surprising degree on the work of two non-directing screenwriters, Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, only to champion far above them the work of Jean Cocteau, Abel Gance, Jean Renoir, and other writers who directed their own scripts.
In their final chapter they examine how Proust influenced a number of distinguished directors, including Godard and Gance, noting the links between Proust's memory and that of the cinema.
This week's film is "Lucrezia Borgia," directed by Abel Gance.
 
 
 
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