1929: The Old and the New (Sergei Eisenstein) Julia Vassilieva December 2017 100 Years of Soviet Cinema Historical Rapture: The Old and the New (Sergei Eisenstein, 1929) Sergei Eisenstein’s fourth silent feature, General Line, which was released under the title Staroye i novoye (The Old and the New, 1929), is ar...
2014: Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev) Julia Vassilieva December 2017 100 Years of Soviet Cinema The Excesses of Power: Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014) Heralded as Russia's greatest cinematic accomplishment in recent years, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviafan (Leviathan, 2014) attracted unprecedented – for...
Eisenstein, Sergei Julia Vassilieva December 2017 Great Directors January 23,1898, Riga, Latvia d. February 11, 1948, Moscow, USSR Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) is known to film history as a “revolutionary Russian director”, a title justified by his contributions to the cre...
Eisenstein and his Method: Recent Publications in Russia Julia Vassilieva November 2006 Film & History Conference Papers A self diminished to its part becomes a monster. - Marina Tsvetaeva, 1932 In 1998, the world celebrated the centenary of Sergei M. Eisenstein, famous Russian film director and one of the most radical theore...
