Review of Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sam Adams for Los Angeles Times — 25 Aug 1934
Eisenstein’s account of the 1905 rebellion aboard a Russian battleship has been endlessly pored over and broken down, analyzed shot by shot to illustrate the filmmaker’s adherence to Soviet theories of montage.
But what can get lost in the close readings, to say nothing of the innumerable homages to the film’s climactic Odessa Steps sequence, is how radical -- and how thrilling -- Eisenstein’s techniques remain.
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This review of Battleship Potemkin (1925) was written by Sam Adams and published by Los Angeles Times on 25 Aug 1934.
Battleship Potemkin has generally received very positive reviews.
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