Thursday, January 8, 2009
Battleship Potemkin
Quite honestly, I like this movie much better than many naval movies recently released (this includes Pearl Harbor). It has a nice, efficient, clean feel to it. The men cast in the movie were most likely sailors at the time- because they play the part wonderfully. My previous strategy of focusing on the music and the movement has been trumped by keen interest in a good story. I believe it said on the screen that it was based on a true story, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. The film is a well put-together cinematic adventure that successfully links the pride and personna of the Russian people from the Era. More movies like that, and I will gladly watch a Silent film every day until the end of the term.
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Unfortunately, Ryan, we have only one more silent film to go...and then we move on to sound! :>)
ReplyDeleteI also very much like the way the sailor-actors move around on the ship. It's a brilliant sort of real-life choreography, isn't it?
While the film is indeed based on a real indicent that happened--we'll discuss a bit tomorrow how there are some serious distortions of history involved here (as is quite often the case with Soviet films of a propagandistic bent).
This is very true, the way that the men played their roles on the ship were almost perfect. The film was directed very well by Eisenstein.
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