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Informationen zum Autor Kevin Brownlow is a Film -Historian and Film Maker who's recent documentaries include- Cecil B De Mille -American Epic (2003) and The Tramp and the Dictator. His previous publications include David Lean -A Biography (Faber 1996) and Mary Pickford Rediscovered (Abrams) When he was fifteen, Kevin Brownlow saw two reels of the 1927 "Napoleon", and it changed his life. The film was more daring, both technically and artistically, than anything he had ever seen. How could it have been forgotten? In 1967, he began an attempt to restore "Napoleon". This book tells the dramatic story of "Napoleon's" incredible revival. Zusammenfassung When a 15-year old schoolboy, Kevin Brownlow, saw two reels of the 1927 Napoleon, it changed his life. The film was more daring technically and artistically than anything he had ever seen. How could it have been forgotten? He got in touch with its director, and tracked down members of the cast and crew. He discovered that the making of the film was as much of an epic as the film itself. In 1967, he began an attempt to restore Naploeon. The work took years, but eventually Napoleon was presented with live orchestra to a new generation and, as one critic put it, it became 'the measure for all other films, forever.'
