Review of October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) by Scott R — 19 Nov 2016

A touchstone of biographical filmmaking, Eisenstein's re-creation of the Russian revolution is beautifully intense and intensely beautiful. With early-form jump cuts, overlapping frames, and subtly stunning performances (the faces of scared soldiers), it works as both a straight historical account and as an ahead-of-its-time experiment.

Would be easier to follow and (therefore) easier to engage with if I only knew more about the uprising, yet it still found its way into my psyche.