Abel Gance - The Charm of Dynamite

A 1968 BBC Documentary Film written and directed by Kevin Brownlow, narrated by Lindsay Anderson

A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival of 1976, this documentary, along with Brownlow's history of silent film The Parade's Gone By and his restoration of Gance's 1927 Napoleon, was instrumental in bringing Gance's cinematic genius to a new generation of film enthusiasts.

The documentary employs footage from Napoleon, La Roue (1923), and J'Accuse (1919) to reveal Gance's pioneering techniques, which included work with hand-held cameras, wide-angle lenses, rapid cutting and three-screen projection. Filmmaker/critic Lindsay Anderson narrates.