tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post977885091890601438..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Ahoy, Proletarian Masses!SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-62392838006260080822015-11-09T14:26:52.335-06:002015-11-09T14:26:52.335-06:00This is one of those films that I think needs to b...This is one of those films that I think needs to be seen to really understand where film started and where it has come. Even without a background in Russian history (which I certainly don't have), there's so much going on here that is influential that knowing this film helps to understand film now.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-60482825337027770452015-11-08T21:39:48.389-06:002015-11-08T21:39:48.389-06:00I watched Battleship Potemkin on YouTube and I fin...I watched Battleship Potemkin on YouTube and I find it very impressive. Well, now, I didn't like it the first time I saw it.<br /><br />I saw it in the late 1980s when I was expanding my movie horizons a bit, a little Fellini, a little Kurosawa, a few silent films. I think Potemkin was very likely the first Russian film I ever saw and I hadn't seen many silent films outside of Chaplin, Keaton, Lon Chaney and some D.W. Griffith. (I remember watching Orphans of the Storm on A&E about 1987, possibly the first silent feature film I ever saw. Loved it!)<br /><br />I wasn't too impressed with Potemkin back then. But about five years ago, I watched a bunch of 1920s Russian films - Strike, Zemlya, Chess Fever, The Fall of St Petersburg - and I very much enjoyed them! In the intervening years I had learned a little Russian history and a lot of film history, and I had a much better idea what I was looking at.<br /><br />The 1001 list reminded me I've been meaning to watch Potemkin again, and I'm glad I did! It's really quite amazing! I'm kind of surprised I didn't get it the first time around, but it might have been a bad print with a silly soundtrack. <br /><br />If you enjoyed The Battleship Potemkin and are interested in other films about the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905, we suggest Lady Snowblood II. We aren't sure there are any others.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57372850895544554022011-01-25T13:09:16.267-06:002011-01-25T13:09:16.267-06:00I still haven't seen Oktyabr or Strike...but I...I still haven't seen Oktyabr or Strike...but I will. The steps are a classic scene, though--immortalized forever.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-22595889787320128402011-01-13T15:02:01.527-06:002011-01-13T15:02:01.527-06:00I prefered 'October' to 'Potempkin'...I prefered 'October' to 'Potempkin' and just plain disliked 'Strike', but I absolutely love what Eisentein did with montage in all his films.Squishhttp://www.filmsquish.com/1001noreply@blogger.com