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 10 Nov 2006, 04:56
I'm trusting this hasnt been posted already, but upon my exploits of Google Video I came accross a marvelous piece of Soviet film... the classic "Ten Days that Shook the World" by John Reed.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid= ... revolution This movie has some great early day editing, and deffinatly romantisizes the Russian Revolution in all its glory. Here is the link to the full video. Enjoy comrades!  "What has 1 year of Capitalism achieved that 70 years of Communism could not? It has made Communism look good" - Russian joke, 1993. 
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 20 Jul 2007, 06:59 Ideology: Marxism-Leninism Forum Commissar 20 Jul 2007, 09:24
Great film! One of my favorites.
The editing is increadible. A lot of this montage is downright avant-guard, even today. One of my favorites scenes is the introduction of Kerensky, very powerful and eerie. There is also the raising of the bridge and so many other memorable parts. Thanks for posting this. Eisenstein at his best. 20 Jul 2007, 22:53
yeah,
thanks. good stuff... 21 Jul 2007, 10:49
Early Russian cinema always seems to be so effectively edited.
 'Soviet-Empire. 500% more methods than other leading brands.' 26 Jul 2007, 13:46
For those folks wanting a taster of the movie to wet their appetite ..... here's a quickie...
http://scottishcommunists.org.uk/media/?page=october_lenin 26 Jul 2007, 14:59
Quote: It's called 'montage', and was invented by the Commies Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov and Pudovkin. Oh, and your avatar is actually of Mikhail Kaufmann, Vertov's brother and the cameraman in most of his films, not Vertov himself. Just thought I'd point that out. "Comrade Lenin left us a great legacy, and we fucкed it up." - Josef Stalin
 27 Jul 2007, 05:36
ah, thanks for clearing that up, no wonder he looked like Vertov...!
'Soviet-Empire. 500% more methods than other leading brands.' 08 Aug 2007, 18:02
If somebody finds "Potemkin" by Eisenstein... please post it!
"What has 1 year of Capitalism achieved that 70 years of Communism could not? It has made Communism look good" - Russian joke, 1993. 
Soviet cogitations: 3147
Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 12 Jun 2006, 02:14 Ideology: Marxism-Leninism Party Bureaucrat 08 Aug 2007, 18:44
I think it's already been posted before... but here it is. Battleship Potemkin. Although this version doesn't have the opening titles...
08 Aug 2007, 19:06
I only approve of the version of 'Potemkin' with the music by Edmund Meisel. Eisenstein collaborated with him on the soundtrack, to stunning effect. The usual modern version was re-edited in the 1970s, with the soundtrack consisting of a medley of Shostakovich's Greatest Hits. Terrible, just terrible.
"Comrade Lenin left us a great legacy, and we fucкed it up." - Josef Stalin
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