Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927)

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bearcuborg
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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#201 Post by bearcuborg » Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:02 am

kidc85 wrote:Thanks for the heads up, definitely going to try and get tickets. Does this mean a DVD release might be on the horizon?
Doubtful, I once asked Brownlow, "The holdup, is it Coppola?" He nodded yes. ](*,)

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#202 Post by Drucker » Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:52 am

I do think we have confirmation however that Criterion have at least inquired about this, have they not?

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#203 Post by MichaelB » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:10 am

Drucker wrote:I do think we have confirmation however that Criterion have at least inquired about this, have they not?
I'd be surprised if they hadn't given their longstanding and good relationship with the BFI (who would undoubtedly be behind a UK release, if one ever happens).

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#204 Post by goalieboy82 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:01 pm

does anyone know if they found new footage to Napoleon (from what the article from a few pages back about the film).
also i hope there is a blu ray release of the film within the next 5 years.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#205 Post by ArchCarrier » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:24 am


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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#206 Post by rattlebag » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:29 am

Do you have to be a South Bank member to buy them at the moment?

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#207 Post by ArchCarrier » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:44 am

I think they just mean you have to register to buy tickets.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#208 Post by MichaelB » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:45 am

I really wouldn't worry about it selling out this far in advance - Napoleon with a full orchestra isn't anything like as rare an event in London as it was in the US. There were plenty of empty seats when I last saw it in 2000, and the day before the 2004 event the BFI was offering massive discounts to all staff - which was a bit of a giveaway!

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#209 Post by perkizitore » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:33 am

ArchCarrier wrote:I think they just mean you have to register to buy tickets.
Nope, you must buy a membership, access to booking future events opens for members first.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#210 Post by goalieboy82 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:03 pm

hope the film would be in NYC or DC sometime in the next few years. also hope for a dvd release of the film (which we all would love to see). also does anyone know what is going on with the film at the cinematheque in paris.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#211 Post by Duncan Hopper » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:54 am

MichaelB wrote:I really wouldn't worry about it selling out this far in advance - Napoleon with a full orchestra isn't anything like as rare an event in London as it was in the US. There were plenty of empty seats when I last saw it in 2000, and the day before the 2004 event the BFI was offering massive discounts to all staff - which was a bit of a giveaway!
It looks like it's more popular this time, I've just booked and there's not a huge amount of seats left, the front stalls are close to selling out and I'd say 80% of the whole hall is sold out. I'd imagine if people want to see this and they're not members, they should book on the day public booking opens. There's usually a number of seats put back on sale at a later date, but you can't count on it.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#212 Post by filmyfan » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:25 am

Do we know how long it will be before "public" booking opens ?

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#213 Post by rattlebag » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:22 am

Tickets are on sale today. Some sections have sold out.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#214 Post by ArchCarrier » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:19 am

What's the URL? I still only see the member links.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#215 Post by rattlebag » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:49 am

I got mine here.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#216 Post by jamie_atp » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:55 pm

Thanks for the heads up - booked. now just need to find someone willing to co-attend!

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#217 Post by rattlebag » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:32 pm

You are welcome.

I know what you mean.

"Want to go and see a seven hour silent film about Napoleon with a live score?"

I had that conversation with a friend and got a blank look!

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#218 Post by zedz » Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:21 pm

BLIND DATE!

(The two of you, I mean, not some random blind person)

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#219 Post by knives » Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:22 pm

I thought you meant the Losey film.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#220 Post by filmyfan » Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:16 am

I booked using the Philharmonic website as above...and got my tickets in the post yesterday...amazing stuff.. :D

Was going to email them to say what great service it was..I wasn't expecting the tickets until October at the earliest !

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#221 Post by perkizitore » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:41 am

Just booked my ticket, can I suggest a mini meetup of criterionforum members during the interval?

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#222 Post by Duncan Hopper » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:33 am

The tickets are now on sale to the general public on the South Bank Centre website.

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#223 Post by JamesF » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:00 pm

Booked my ticket (in the cheap seats, row SS) - so excited to finally see this. I did a month's placement at the BFI National Archive in 2011 as part of my Film Archiving MA and got to observe Ben Thompson working on this at the same time as the Blackmail restoration. (Not to mention Kevin Brownlow addressing my class and speaking about it too.)

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#224 Post by didi-5 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:30 am

We got our tickets in the members booking window - last time in 2000 I was right at the back, this time we're front stalls. So much looking forward to this. My husband does like silents, we are regular Barbican Sunday attendees, but he is a bit apprehensive about the length of this film. I told him he'll be fine!

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Re: Napoleon (Gance, 1927)

#225 Post by filmyfan » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:05 am

It does sound ominous -the length of the film-but if they do it as they did it in 2000-there are plenty of breaks of 15-30 mins and a long one of 90 mins-and I think the longest segment of film was only about 90 mins-although I may be wrong

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