I will respond to any questions left in the comments section. It would have been an episodic portrayal of mexican culture and politics from preconquest civilization to the mexican revolution. This film is a frame for four separate short films concerning the history and glory of mexicos history. Sei episodi per celebrare limportante rivoluzione popolare messicana del 1911. Il ne monta jamais son film, qui aurait peutetre ete le plus beau film du monde. Consequently eisenstein was left without film work for several years and started teaching at the state film school. Although it was later criticized for presenting a fantasized view of mexican culture, this remains a stunning example of. In a lean year, soviets dust off eisenstein epic for fest circuit article, variety, 1979. The film was awarded with the honorable golden prize at the 11th moscow international film festival in 1979. The stalinist propaganda, which heaped all the blame on upton sinclair for the tragic end of. Directed by sergei eisenstein and grigory alexandrov mexico, 1979 85 minutes. Oct 16, 2012 directed by sergei eisenstein and grigory alexandrov mexico, 1979 85 minutes. Jan 26, 2014 the footage was finally returned to russia and in the 1970s, grigori aleksandrov the last surviving member of eisensteins mexican trio took charge of editing it into a proper film, which was finally released in 1979. Its almost shocking more of us hadnt found this on youtube before.
Over 200,000 feet of silent film were shot before production had to be. Una pelicula dirigida por serguei mikhailovich eisenstein con martin hernandez, felix balderas. Even the reconstruction of beshin meadow i like more. Eisenstein shows us mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. In fact, of all that i have seen, this is the only nonmasterpiece of the bunch. He believes, that mexico can become a modern state.
Eisenstein con sergei bondarchuk, grigori aleksandrov. Con felix balderas, martin hernandez, david liceaga, julio saldivar, isabel villasenor. Eisenstein, grigori aleksandrov con felix balderas, martin hernandez, david liceaga, julio saldivar, ano. Cio che sembra impossibile fino a poco tempo fa e ora auspicabile da fonti ufficiali. Director sergei eisensteins troubled, unfinished film about mexico is shown as released in 1979 by his assistant, grigori alexandrov. Preventing eisenstein from finishing his mexican film was stalins punishment.