Review of October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) by Katie B — 30 Nov 2011
Eisenstein's Tenth Anniversary recreation of the October Uprising certainly isn't designed to educate about the event, it is meant to stir the passions of remembrance. Someone unfamiliar with the events will be pretty lost as far as understanding how the events unfold.
Eisenstein's montage style reaches nearly impressionistic levels as the sense of story, which was strong, if undeveloped, in "Strike", and faded a bit in his second film, "Potemkin", is nearly abandoned for "October" in favor of impressionistic intercutting.
The film montage technique which was used in service of story in "Strike" and "Potemkin" had become technique in service of itself.
This review of October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) was written by Katie B on 30 Nov 2011.
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) has generally received positive reviews.
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