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Battleship Potemkin re-release

  • 03-05-2011 6:11pm
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    johnny_ultimate
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    Currently showing in the IFI, worth flagging because I think it finishes on Thursday!

    One film I've always been meaning to watch, as those pretentious film critics are always going on about it :pac: Was always concerned it wouldn't hold up, or would be a tricky one to sit through. And while it is certainly a film of its time (dig those moustaches!) it is a surprisingly engaging watch nearly 90 years on. The stellar re-recording of the orchestral score helps - the music in the painfully suspenseful final chapter is astonishing. Full of nice little touches (like instruments reflecting sound effects on screen) it really comes into its own through what remain surprisingly exhilarating setpieces. The Odessa steps I already knew, but was taken aback at how epic the rest of the film was, fitting a lot of excitement into 70 minutes.

    Of course the film is remembered for Eisenstein's editing which was well ahead of its time - this is an almost perfectly paced film. The cinematography is often stunning. The whole thing may be communist propaganda, but dammit some rousing propaganda it is (dig their hilarious take on Christianity)! Again, for something I was always afraid was going to be heavy going, I was genuinely surprised. It remains vital, compulsive, entertaining, funny (yep!), pleasantly melodramatic and often shocking cinema. Not bad for an 85 year old film!


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