We all know Napoleon as the short French man with an attitude you wouldn't want to cross. While we all recognize Napoleon for his military achievements (and failures), he is seldom recognized for his on screen exploits. Abel Gance's film Napoleon used technology that was ahead of its time and was one of the most highly anticipated films of 1927.
Gance placed three strips of film side by side to create a triptych, a type of multi-panel art. The technique Gance used in Napoleon, is a predecessor of a famous form of cinema display that was popular in the 1950s called cinerama. Cinerama was done by simultaneously projecting images from three different projectors onto a screen that consisted of hundreds of large curved strips. Gance may not have been able to for see the future use of his techniques, but Napoleon was a great success on screen, and Gance will always be remembered for it.
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