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Eisenstein

Sergueï Eisenstein · Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948) · 1898–1948

Appears in 5 videos · 6 passages, 1 of them in depth.

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Dominique Pagani mentions Eisenstein mainly through his collaboration with Prokofiev, which he presents as a rare meeting between a filmmaker and a composer12. In Alexander Nevsky, he dwells on one specific sequence: after the battle, Russian women search for their loved ones among the dead. He returns to it twice, first in a session on the dialectics of identity and difference3, then to read in it a form of family piety toward the dead4. He also recalls the standing of Battleship Potemkin, which topped film rankings for his generation5. In a session devoted to Clouscard, he calls him the greatest Soviet filmmaker and cites October, with its depiction of the storming of the Winter Palace6. The passages are brief: Eisenstein appears as an occasional reference, tied to Prokofiev's music and to the memory of the revolution.

  1. 1Proust30 Jan 2020 · 59:55
  2. 210#2 Dialectiques de l'identité et de la différence6 Oct 2021 · 33:22
  3. 310#2 Dialectiques de l'identité et de la différence6 Oct 2021 · 24:00
  4. 4#9 TABLEAUX D'UNE EXPOSITION : L'art, vu d'ici ou d'en face?10 Feb 2022 · 17:01
  5. 5#2 Lénine ou les ailes du rêve18 Apr 2021 · 32:31
  6. 6Clouscard : Les métamorphoses de la lutte des classes2 Sept 2024 · 1:23:48

Summary produced automatically from 6 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Portrait: EisensteinWho is this?

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight and Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 54th-greatest film of all time.

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