Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking
Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein
"Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking" (January 25 — February 14, 2008) at New York City’s Film Society of Lincoln Center:
"Although early film shows took place in Russia soon after the invention of cinema (Maxim Gorky’s book In the Kingdom of Shadows, published July 4, 1896, is one of the most beautiful early descriptions of cinema), continuous, serious film production was not established in Russia until 1908. Thus, the Russian Ministry of Culture has designated 2008 as the centenary of Russian Cinema. We could have devoted an entire year’s programming to the occasion and still merely have scratched the surface of this most innovative, contradictory and always provocative cinema. Together with our partner, Seagull Films, we [...]
by Andre Soares | January 25, 2008
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Berlin Film Festival 2005: BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
The 55th Berlin International Film Festival will present a reconstructed version of Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 classic Battleship Potemkin, considered by many film scholars one of — if not the — greatest motion picture ever made.
Battleship Potemkin was originally commissioned by the Russian Communist leaders to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Odessa uprising, during which mutinous sailors rioted at that Ukrainian port. The massacre of the protesters at the Odessa Steps is still shown in film schools all over the world as a classic example of montage — the art of editing used for greater dramatic effect.
The more rabid ideologues within the the Soviet government may not have thought so, but the film’s message is so effective that [...]
