Widely regarded as one of the most innovative productions of the silent era, Abel Gance's LA ROUE is a film of mythic stature. Poet and novelist Blaise Cendrars shot this illuminating behind-the-scenes footage in the midst of the film's difficult location work.
France
To speak of Autour de la roue is to peer through a rare, precious window into the very crucible of cinematic creation, a visceral journey alongside one of the silent era's most audacious visionaries, Abel Gance. This isn't merely a 'making-of' documentary in the contemporary sense; it is a kinetic, almost poetic, ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Blaise Cendrars
Eduardo Notari
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" To speak of Autour de la roue is to peer through a rare, precious window into the very crucible of cinematic creation, a visceral journey alongside one of the silent era's most audacious visionaries, Abel Gance. This isn't merely a 'making-of' documentary in the contemporary sense; it is a kinetic, almost poetic, artifact from a nascent art form, chronicling the Herculean efforts behind Gance’s sprawling, mythic epic, La Roue. What Blaise Cendrars captured on film is less an instructional g..."
