Talk:J'accuse (1919 film)

Military history: War films / World War I Start‑class

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

Start

This article has been rated as Start-class on the project's quality scale.

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	War films task force
	World War I task force

Film: French / Silent / War

	Film portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Film. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines.FilmWikipedia:WikiProject FilmTemplate:WikiProject Filmfilm articles
	This article is supported by the French cinema task force.
	This article is supported by the Silent films task force.
	This article is supported by the War films task force.

Anti-war Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Anti-war, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the anti-war movement on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Anti-warWikipedia:WikiProject Anti-warTemplate:WikiProject Anti-warAnti-war articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Composer of soundtrack[edit]

The composer is listed as Arthur Honegger, but although Honegger & Abel Gance did collaborate on later films, this film is not on the list of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_scored_by_Arthur_Honegger, and I can't find any other sources to back up this claim. However, a DVD version has been distributed online with a recent (2009) orchestral score by composer Robert Israel (see https://www.gartenbergmedia.com/dvd-distribution-and-sales/international-silent-classics/jaccuse-a-film-by-able-gance). The versions available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EclZmazsnmQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BXyjMH6NJs) don't list credits for music, but they seem to match an excerpt on Robert Israel's YouTube account (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFK1cLTgDLQ).

So, my question is: Is there any source to back up an Arthur Honegger soundtrack for this film? (And if so, where can I find it?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davigoli (talk • contribs) 23:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The title of the film[edit]

This page has already been moved several times to amend its title, and it's still not right. The film is clearly best known by its original title and not by a translation, and the title that appears in the film itself is J'accuse - without an exclamation mark. The contemporary publicity has no exclamation mark (see the image in the article). Most reference books also cite it in that form.

You find the exclamation mark in some sources - notably IMDb. They may have been misled by the title of the Zola letter which the film title echoes - that was J'Accuse...! (see J'accuse (letter)). It also appears in some of the film's intertitles when someone says "J'accuse!" - but that's dialogue, not the title.

There are plenty of redirects to get you to the article, BUT (a) it complicates direct searching, and (b) it is inaccurate.

The same argument probably applies to the 1938 remake, but I don't have access to original materials to verify it. Lampernist (talk) 21:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1938 Remake?[edit]

No mention of the 1938 remake version in the main article.

1938 Remake?[edit]

No mention of the 1938 remake version in the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.79.214.12 (talk) 03:40, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Look again. The last sentence of the article says, "In 1938, Gance made another version of J'accuse, this time with sound and looking ahead to the imminent outbreak of World War II." Lampernist (talk) 10:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]