![]() ![]() Napoleon dominated the art of the Romantic age. So what did he look like to those artists who got to see him at close quarters in his own lifetime? Scott has compared Napoleon with Hitler and Stalin, angering those who believe the French Emperor to be an idealist, a hero of modern Europe. Whatever the answer, there’s no doubt that, long before cinema, Napoleon inspired and disturbed artists who met him and had the chance to observe him. Can Scott and his star Joaquin Phoenix lay to rest the ghost of Abel Gance’s so-far-unsurpassed 1927 silent Napoléon? And have they lifted the curse that blighted Stanley Kubrick’s unfinished Napoleon project? But how have other artists portrayed this colossal figure? In cinema alone, the leader’s extraordinary life story is a venerable theme. Ridley Scott has already been taunting historians who have criticised his Napoleon for factual inaccuracies. The epic story of the Corsican soldier who rose to dominate Europe and then suffered a shocking downfall, only to return briefly before finally meeting his Waterloo, is now one of autumn’s big films.
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