classic soviet constructive films – blog task 4

The Communard’s Pipe 1929

Jules starves while the people rise up and uphold their commune in the streets of Paris. His father joins the revolutionaries, taking his son, whose enthusiasm and pipe are quickly noticed by both his comrades and his enemies, which leads to an appalling ending.

https://doclisboa.org/2020/en/filmes/the-communards-pipe/

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin brought Eisenstein’s theories of cinema art to the world in a powerful showcase; his emphasis on montage, his stress of intellectual contact, and his treatment of the mass

Battleship Potemkin is a silent film about the time of the war with Russia. Many sailors on the Battleship Potemkin are outraged when they come to find out that maggots are in the food that they are being served. The sailors start to form a riot in the hopes of getting control so they can be treated better.

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Battleship Potemkin - Cinema on Paper

Man with a Movie Camera

A Man with a Movie Camera is more of an experience to than just a regular movie. A casual movie goer could consider it dull or boring, but this film is visually impressive and still holds up to today. It holds many secrets on having and attaining visually appealing shots.

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Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night.

Poster for Dziga Vertov's 'Man With A Movie Camera' by Georgii And Vla –  Flashbak Shop

All these films are soviet constructivism films as they all have a deeper meaning that the directors have conveyed.

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