https://mrqe.com Wed, 06 May 2026 12:56:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/napoleon-m100040053/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/napoleon-m100040053/ A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican’s career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797. Originally intended to be the first of six films, director Abel Gance realized the full project would be nigh impossible, and never raised the money to complete the other five. The film’s legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple- image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/abel-gance-the-charm-of-dynamite-m100071745/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/abel-gance-the-charm-of-dynamite-m100071745/ BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/napoleon-bonaparte-m100010058/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/napoleon-bonaparte-m100010058/ A second version of Gance’s Napoléon, with sound.

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