Our Take

Napoleon (1927) - Abel Gance didn't just film a biography; he declared war on the medium of film itself. With its legendary triple-screen Polyvision and cameras strapped to the backs of horses, this is a five-hour adrenaline shot of historical ego and revolutionary fervor. It’s a cinematic blitzkrieg that moves with a frantic, visionary spirit. Gance used every trick in the book and then invented ten more. It’s an epic of such staggering scale that it feels like the screen can barely contain the thundering ambition behind it.