yes, i indeed watched this soviet silent film from the 1920s on my phone during a bus ride at 7:30am this morning, exactly the way that director and Father of Montage sergei eisenstein intended
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Броненосец Потёмкин
A critically acclaimed, bleak drama.
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
Battleship Potemkin is showing in 1 cinema in New York City - next screening Saturday 17 October at 20:00 at Anthology Film Archives.
Next screenings: Saturday 17 October.
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yes, i indeed watched this soviet silent film from the 1920s on my phone during a bus ride at 7:30am this morning, exactly the way that director and Father of Montage sergei eisenstein intended
i, too, am proud to be a gay Russian communist
beginning to think there's a slight chance that this may not be the one with Rihanna in it after all
It portrays a mutiny by sailors of the Russian battleship Potemkin during the 1905 revolution, exploring the clash between the crew and their oppressive officers.
The film was directed by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein in 1925, a landmark work in the history of cinema and montage theory.
It has been preserved in the National Film Registry and is frequently cited in major polls ranking the most significant films in history.
