Abel Gance’s 1927 biopic was always a work in flux: Running six-plus hours at its premiere, it was cut to barely three for its European release and then to a mere 80 minutes for American audiences. A four-hour version screened at Radio City Music Hall in 1981 and was a surprise box-office smash, but Brownlow is still digging; his current iteration of “Napoleon” clocks in at five and a half hours. The prints that circulated in the following decades varied greatly in quality and content, because of the lack of a master negative and the trims of government censors. That version includes more than 15 minutes of restored footage. ‘Drácula’ (Spanish Version)

Source: New York Times November 06, 2018 18:18 UTC