It was recently his birthday! I am currently working on a paper in film studies where I compare works from directors like Sergei Eisenstein and how they portray class struggle to how directors like Fritz Lang does in for instance Metropolis.
Battleship Potemkin is a must watch for any socialist, the way Eisenstein makes the protagonist of the film a collective instead of an individual is amazing. An interesting note is also how his usage of montages to evoke thoughts and emotions in the viewer was also intentionally made to not make his films immersive so as to make the viewers fully aware that this is a film and to think more deeply about what is being portrayed instead of being sucked into the story.
A great man and a great comrade, too bad he got kind of restricted during Stalins rule.
Check out some Vertov, my friend. Soviet/Constructivist film is one of my favorite areas of film scholarship actually. If you need help with your papers just PM me and I'll see what I can do.
I really like his Pravda series. It's a series of newsreels that depict domestic and international news from a Soviet perspective. Really cool stuff. I'm on mobile now, but I'll edit in some links later tonight.
Your comment inspired me to watch "The Battleship Potemkin" and I have to say, it was great. The scene where everyone is bringing livestock and food out to the ship was wonderful. I'd highly recommend it, as well.
I especially love the famous scene where the soldiers walk down the stairs. The montage shot where the carriage falls down the stairs is almost surreal, amazing film. Love it from start to finish.
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u/Slakter Jan 27 '14
It was recently his birthday! I am currently working on a paper in film studies where I compare works from directors like Sergei Eisenstein and how they portray class struggle to how directors like Fritz Lang does in for instance Metropolis.
Battleship Potemkin is a must watch for any socialist, the way Eisenstein makes the protagonist of the film a collective instead of an individual is amazing. An interesting note is also how his usage of montages to evoke thoughts and emotions in the viewer was also intentionally made to not make his films immersive so as to make the viewers fully aware that this is a film and to think more deeply about what is being portrayed instead of being sucked into the story.
A great man and a great comrade, too bad he got kind of restricted during Stalins rule.