{"product_id":"la-roue-a-film-by-abel-gance","title":"La Roue: A Film by Abel Gance","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eSTREAM THE DIGITAL EDITION HERE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2-DISC DVD EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever before released in the United States, this monumental French film is one of the most extraordinary achievements in the whole history of cinema. Written and directed by Abel Gance (\u003cem\u003eNapoleon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJ'Accuse\u003c\/em\u003e), three years in production and for its time unprecedented in length and complexity of emotion, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (The Wheel, 1923) pushed the frontiers of film art beyond all previous efforts. Said Gance, \"Cinema endows man with a new sense. It is the music of light. He listens with his eyes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken to its bare bones, the story deals with Sisif, a locomotive engineer who saves Norma, an infant girl, from a train wreck and raises her as his adopted daughter. Norma thinks Sisif’s son Elie is her brother and when the two fall in love, she leaves to marry a virtual stranger. Sisif is also obsessed with her and the plot elaborates this triangular relationship. German director G. W. Pabst, an ardent admirer of \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e, was encouraged by Gance’s example to undertake his own remarkable explorations of human psychology in such silent films as \u003ci\u003eSecrets of a Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePandora’s Box\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Lost Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e is even more remarkable for its cinematic accomplishment than for its story. The film was shot almost entirely on location. Sets were built along the railroad tracks in the yard at St. Roch, near Nice, and at an elevation of 13,000 feet on Mount Blanc. Gance pioneered a dazzlingly innovative style of rapid montage that revolutionized filmmaking around the world, especially in the works of Eisenstein and his contemporaries in the Soviet Union. Almost every sequence was experimental: as his cinematographer, L. H. Burel recalled, “I’d never come to the end of it if I were to list all the tests we did, all the special effects I invented and all the innovations we launched.” Like \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e became a source book of cinematic invention that reverberated in countless other classic films over the decades. It was hailed by artists and intellectuals, who recognized it as a stunning advance in modern art. Said Akira Kurosawa, “The first film that really impressed me was \u003ci\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new restoration with a running time of nearly four and a half hours, accompanied by Robert Israel’s symphonic score, is the fullest presentation of \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e to reach the public since 1923. It at last allows audiences today to experience the amazing, poetic vision that Abel Gance brought to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAutour de La Roue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (1923) -\u003c\/strong\u003e A short documentary shot by poet and novelist Blaise Cendrars about the behind-the-scenes, on location production of \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Original Press Book -\u003c\/strong\u003e A slideshow detailing the 1923 press book created to promote the release of \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 16-Page Booklet -\u003c\/strong\u003e Featuring two essays: \"Abel Gance's 'Tragedy of Modern Times' \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e\" by William M. Drew and \"Composing for \u003cem\u003eLa Roue\u003c\/em\u003e\" by Robert Israel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003eRelease Date: May 6, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eFormat:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eDVD\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eRegion:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eALL REGION\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eDirector:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eAbel Gance\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eYear:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e1923\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eSilent (English Intertitles)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLength:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e263 mins.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eUPC:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\" itemprop=\"gtin12\"\u003e6-17311-67379-5\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512529391856,"sku":"jgj1790005145759","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1586\/5328\/files\/la-roue-a-film-by-abel-gance_1.jpg?v=1790005150","url":"https:\/\/goldseamfit.shop\/products\/la-roue-a-film-by-abel-gance","provider":"My Store 2","version":"1.0","type":"link"}