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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

6. A History of Incompletion

Author : Paul Cuff

Published in: Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema

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Abstract

This chapter contains a detailed production history of La Fin du Monde. Cuff analyses how and why Gance lost control of his most cherished project, offering a precise chronology of the film’s production from scripting to release. Using a wealth of archival evidence, Cuff demonstrates how the narrative scale and technological complexity of La Fin du Monde led to the breakdown of Gance’s relationship with his producer Vassili Ivanoff. The chapter reveals the financial, logistical, organizational, and personal crises that ultimately compromised La Fin du Monde in its French- and German-language editions. Cuff concludes with an account of the different versions of La Fin du Monde issued in the 1930s, and explains the physical history of surviving prints in relation to this original material.

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Metadata
Title
A History of Incompletion
Author
Paul Cuff
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-38817-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-38818-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38818-2_6