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ΤΑΙΝΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, ΜΙΚΡΗ ΛΕΣΧΗ (ΚΑΝΑΡΗ 1) - TRIBUTE: SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN

On the cover f the tribute to Sergei M. Eisenstein there are photos, and in the introduction there is a statement by Pera Attasheva, Eisenstein’s widow, along with encomiums by Aglaia Mitropoulou. The notes on the films, after details from the credits, mention: "Strike": biographical elements, his acquaintance with Eduard Tisse, other important Russians, the cinematic eye – the cinematic fist, the Theatre of Proletarian Culture and the eccentrics. "Battleship Potemkin": the Odessa uprising, images of emotion – images of ideas, montage attraction-intellect, rebel. "October": the plot of the Revolution, the influence of Vertov, Lenin-Kerenski-Trotsky. "The General Line": rural life, the old and the new, Marxism-passion-the goal and the romance of progress. "Que viva México!": a tale of adventure and betrayal in America, other directors who used Eisenstein’s material. "Bezhin Meadow": adventures in the U.S.S.R. and information, public humiliation. "Alexander Nevsky": emperor, epic, Tarkasov, speech and sound, the music of Prokofiev, Eisenstein’s neo-Byzantine style, masterpiece. "Ivan the Terrible": theatre, artistic pretense, metaphysics, allegory, major teachers and Byzantine art, the censorship of the 2nd part, the restoration of the film and his death.

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