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Augustus 2022-09-14 15:52:26
The Consequences of Going Too Deep into the Drama——A Brief Discussion on Eisenstein's De-Propaganda Works
Eisenstein, Sergey's masterpiece at the end of his life was originally a political assignment from S. Da,. Lin.
S. Da,.. Lin wanted him to make a political missionary film that reflected the brutality of the Tsar, but with the deepening of Ai's study and the relocation of the studio to Almaty in...
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Anastasia 2022-09-14 16:15:41
[Film Review] Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) and Part II (1958)
Eisenstein's two-part historical biopic of Ivan IV of Russia (1530-1584), it is his swan song, commissioned by none other than Joseph Stalin himself. Intended as a trilogy, the project's third installment was scrapped after Part II enraged Stalin (why ? the behind-the-scene stories are destined to...

Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Extended Reading
Ivan the Terrible, Part I quotes
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Czar Ivan IV: The knife will slice through those who raise the hand over Moscow.
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Czar Ivan IV: Why are my best friends so sad today?
Prince Andrei Kurbsky: Tsar, the people have a saying, that marriage is the end of friendship.