San Francisco Film Festival: J'Accuse December 12, 2009

Abel Gance's brilliant pacifist epic is set against the backdrop of the Great War, delineating the tragedy of that war's waste and carnage. Gance returned to active service in 1918 to film actual battle scenes and his expressionistic camerawork and rapid-cut editing are revolutionary but the heart and soul of 'J'accuse' is the romantic triangle between poet Jean Diaz, his beloved Edith and her husband Francois.