Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" gets a full-length trailer

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When will we get Nestor Makhno biopics in English? Because if we don’t get one now then we never will.

Yes, I know about The Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno.

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I learned all I needed to know about Napoleon here.

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I suppose two centuries is enough to transform a narcissistic megalomaniac into a hero. Boney was the Putin of his day.

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And I learned a lot more here:

(Obligatory on the BBS, surely?)

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Oh, that’s one of my all time favorite maps/infographics!

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Edward Tufte agrees.

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Since I guess I don’t really expect the author to jump in, I’ll start: de Gaulle? Robespierre? William the Conqueror? Serge Gainsbourg?

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From an obituary: “He drank too many cigarettes.”

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Pétain? Sarkozy?

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i’d imagine it’s a toss up between donatien alphonse francois, and jean-luc picard

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Paul Bocuse?

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Too late. The definitive Napoleon film’s already been made.

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Are you sure?

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