Greek Tragedy on Rails - Exploring The Wheel

Abel Gance didn’t do subtle. The Wheel (La Roue, 1923) is a monumental collision of ancient Greek tragedy and the grease, soot, and steam of a modern railway. It’s famous for inventing "rapid-fire editing"—montage so fast it hits the viewer like a physical blow.Our London hosts break down Gance’s obsession with scale and his technical audacity. We look at how a simple story of a railway engineer and his adopted daughter turned into a 9-hour (originally!) psychological epic that changed the grammar of cinema forever.This is the "lazy" version of history. If it’s beneath your dignity, or you just want the full, unedited facts, buy the book.📖 The book behind the podcast: https://a.co/d/byfeXnm#TheWheel1923 #LaRoue #AbelGance #SilentFilm #EarlyCinema #RapidMontage #CinemaHistory{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Greek Tragedy on Rails - Exploring The Wheel (1923) Analysis", "description": "A British-style analysis of Abel Gance’s The Wheel (La Roue). Exploring rapid-fire montage and the fusion of industrial themes with classical tragedy.", "keywords": "The Wheel 1923, La Roue, Abel Gance, rapid montage, early cinema, Cinema the Magic Vehicle", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cinema, the Magic Vehicle", "url": "https://a.co/d/byfeXnm" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://a.co/d/byfeXnm" }}