Review of Arsenal (1929) by Gary G — 20 Oct 2007

Eerie, haunting and bizarre with an incredible ending.

This review of Arsenal (1929) was written by Gary G on 20 Oct 2007.

Arsenal has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Kris C (122) on 17 Jun 2007

Like most early Soviet Propaganda pieces, Arsenal is a collage of images with a nearly incoherent plot…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 20 Nov 2011

A work of a thousand images which blends the historical and the mythical along with the raw and the formalized…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Mar 2003

More clearly influenced by Sergei Eisenstein than any of Dovzhenko's other pictures, it's certainly the one that uses fast editing in the most…

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By Lord Love Rocket T (10) on 13 Oct 2007

Eerie and haunting with an incredible ending…

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By David S (4,459) on 03 Nov 2009

I must admire that I'm generally a big fan of early Soviet movies…

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By Bill T (1,098) on 03 Nov 2010

Dovzhenko's grim telling of a Bolshevik uprising against against a bourgeois Ukranian nationalist movement, resulting in a bloody munitions…

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By Kevin M (2,627) on 15 Feb 2009

Artsy movie with decent cinematography for its age and stunning images but there's not much of a story…

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By Robert P (779) on 28 Jun 2008

Astonishing imagery, almost non-stop, the story fuzzy except in the broadest terms. Well worth watching…

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