Talk:J'accuse (1919 film)

Composer of soundtrack

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)

The title of the film

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)

1938 Remake?

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

1938 Remake?

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)

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)