Sergey Prokofiev
Series
Criterion collection volume 86
Criterion collection volume 88
Criterion collection volume 87
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Criterion collection volume 88
Criterion collection volume 87
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Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Russian
Description
"Sergei Eisenstein, long regarded as a pioneer of film art, changed cinematic strageties halfway through his career. Upon returning from Hollywood and Mexico in the late 1930s, he left behind the densely edited style of celebrated silents like Battleship Potemkin and October, turning instead to historical sources, contradictory audio-visuals, and theatrical sets for his grandiose yet subersive sound-era work. This trio of rousing action epics reveals...