Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on October 24, 2015

Note : this review is a contribution to The Silent Cinema blogathon hosted by In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Lauren Champkin. La roue (Abel Gance, 1923) Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (whom Sisif rescued from a train...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on March 19, 2012

Gance is very ambitious with La roue, only not so much technically. Even the second half of the film, which opens up considerably (the first half takes place in a train yard, mostly on one set, while the second half moves the action to a idyllic mountaintop), Gance is far...   read more