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| Sergei Eisenstein |
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| Born: 1898 |
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A master of the early Soviet cinema, Eisenstein was responsible for a
group of imaginative and exciting silent films employing rapid,
rhythmic montage and a feverish visual invention. Once universally
acclaimed, Eisenstein's reputation has suffered in recent years,
with many finding his propaganda too strident, but Strike and
Battleship Potemkin, at least, remain films of extraordinary energy
and power. Eisenstein's later career was inhibited by ill health and
his work suffered official disapproval under Stalinism, but his last
film, Ivan The Terrible, remains a decadent masterpiece brimming with
grotesque invention.
Alex Jacoby
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