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Tag Archives: Sergei Eisenstein
THE BEAST OF THE EAST:MELODRAMA OF MORALS
“Many of Griffith’s features suffer from sententious moralizing, a sense of God speaking to the masses, and outright racism. But Way Down East highlights the greatness of Griffith without having to sit through the Sermon on the Mount or the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged A. Nicholas Vardac, Anthony Paul Kelly, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, D.W. Griffith Way Down East, David Kehr, David Wark Griffith, Hal Erickson, James Agee, John Steinle, Joseph R. Grismer, Lillian Gish, Lottie Blair Parker, Paul Brenner, Sergei Eisenstein, Tim Dirks, V.I. Pudovkin, Vardac, William A. Brady
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MOUSE TRAPS & REALITY FLAPS
”I’m sometimes frightened when I watch his films. Frightened because of some absolute perfection in what he does. This man seems to know not only the magic of all technical means, but also all the most secret strands of human … Continue reading
A SALTY DOG ON THE PORT SIDE
A communist sea dog who stayed away from the starboard, or right wing side of the battleship Potemkin. Sergei Eisenstein‘s Potemkin was a film that proclaimed his faith as an artist of revolution and transcended it. It was a work … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Nevsky, Antonin Artaud, Artaud, Douglas Fairbanks, Eduard Tisse, Eisenstein, Gilles Deleuze, Ils Huygens, Karl Marx, Leni Riefenstahl, Potemkin, Richard Wagner, Russian cinema, Sergei Eisenstein, Sinclair Lewis, Soviet Cinema, Stalin, Trotsky, Wagner
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A COUPLE CHINA CAT SUNFLOWERS
China Cat Sunflower is a Grateful Dead song from the LSD heyday written by Robert Hunter, about obscure and random observations while on an acid trip.”Look for a while at the China cat sunflower/Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun/Copperdome … Continue reading
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Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alexander Nevsky, Conrad Black, Grateful Dead, Han Dynasty, Hu Jintao, John Woo, National Post, Paul Byrnes, Red Cliff, Robert Fulford, Robert Hunter, Sergei Eisenstein, Tang Dynasty, Tiananmen Square, Timothy Leary
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Eisenstein, Mickey Mouse and the Synthesis of Ecstasy
Iconic Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein had a strong attraction with American cartoon animation and he in turn influenced their work. His cinematic technique of ”Juxtaposition” opened up non linear possibilities in the story-telling of the animated cartoon. He was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoon Animation, Mark Jenkins, Sergei Eisenstein, Walt Disney
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