The Cinema of Eisenstein
Author | : David Bordwell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2020-10-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000159097 |
ISBN-13 | : 1000159094 |
Rating | : 4/5 (094 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cinema of Eisenstein written by David Bordwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cinema of Eisenstein is David Bordwell's comprehensive analysis of the films of Sergei Eisenstein, arguably the key figure in the entire history of film. The director of such classics as Potemkin,Ivan the Terrible, October, Strike, and Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein theorized montage, presented Soviet realism to the world, and mastered the concept of film epic. Comprehensive, authoritative, and illustrated throughout, this classic work deserves to be on the shelf of every serious student of cinema.