Synopsis
The first feature film by one of the most influential filmmaker-theorists in global cinema turns 100 this year. Strike, directed by Sergei Eisenstein and released in 1925, marked the young theater director’s transition to film. On screen, it portrays a workers’ strike in Tsarist Russia and the violent repression that ensues. The film would become a landmark example of the power and innovation of early Soviet cinema, employing Eisenstein’s dialectical montage – assembling seemingly disjointed shots to produce new meaning – while the intertitles and editing boldly proclaim a revolutionary spirit. (G.B.)
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Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein, born in 1898 in the former Russian Empire, began working in cinema in the mid-1920s, during the early years of the USSR. A filmmaker, theorist, and theater director in his youth, Eisenstein became one of the most celebrated figures in the history of world cinema. He directed several of Soviet cinema’s most iconic films, including “October”, “Battleship Potemkin”, “Ivan the Terrible”, and “Strike”. In his later years, he fell out of favor with Stalinism and died in 1948 before he could complete his final feature film.
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