Napoleon : Ridley Scott is back in strength
With Napoleon, Ridley Scott returns to the historical genre. His biopic about the famous emperor of the French is highly anticipated. Anyone who knows the director’s filmography a little, knows that he is capable of making an epic proposal. And he began to confirm himself with trailer unveiled.
An impressive promotional video showing the means being put in place by Apple Studios, which is co-producing the feature film. In particular, we see several battles and the massive French army led by Napoleon. The latter is embodied by Joaquin Fenice in the film, which imposes these images.
But while that trailer caused quite a stir, some have already started criticizing some of Ridley Scott’s picks and his relative respect for history. Remember that this is a cinematic proposition and that nothing prevents a director from taking some liberties.
Napoleon: spectacular first trailer for Ridley Scott’s film
The Army Museum deciphers the trailer
However, Ridley Scott’s approach it is very realistic. And to be sure, Emilie Robbe, head of the nineteenth century and symbolism department, referent for Napoleonic history at the Army Museum, offered an analysis of the trailer. In a video (at the end of the article) posted on YoutubeShe decipher the trailer and the director’s choices.
It clarifies from the outset that the conditions of Marie-Antoinette’s death are not quite the same as in the trailer, but that this allows us to define the framework of history and Napoleon’s trajectory. We’ll see later the use of cannons in Paris to deal with the riots. A real event according to the specialist who summarized Napoleon’s plan in September 1795: “The plan is very simple: I take the cannons, put them in front of the crowd and if they don’t calm down, we shoot!“. Enough to give a first idea of Bonaparte’s character…
Closer to history
The analysis continues highlighting the work done on the costumes, very close to reality despite some inaccuracies on the details. The same goes for the decorations, which are not entirely coherent, such as the fort of Toulon but, as Emillie Robbe reminds us: “It’s the cinemaHowever, while he takes liberties (such as showing cannon fire at the pyramids), the reproduction of some paintings is extremely faithful AND “the surrender of the uniforms and the organization of the army is really accurate“.
The appearance of Vanessa Kirby in the role of Joséphine de Beauharnais it also allows to highlight what the specialist presents “one of those absolutely fantastic moments of the Revolution“, know “the balls of the victims“. If you are not sure whether these balls really existed, the representation of Ridley Scott appears coherent. With the detail of the red ribbon around Josephine’s neck to evoke the decapitation.
Finally, the Napoleon by Ridley Scott it should be very true to the story and his liberties appear above all with the aim of cinematically emphasizing Bonaparte’s character. For Emillie Robbe, it’s “of a form of representation of history as faithful as possible and it’s funbodes well for this biopic, slated to hit theaters on Nov. 22, 2023.
Source: Cine Serie
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