Revolutionary Odyssesy

Essay # 45185

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A discussion of Sergei Eisenstei and the propoganda cinema of early Soviet Russia.

1,544 words () | 6 sources | APA | 2002 Australia

Paper Summary:

The films of the soviet montage were historically inaccurate films made to service the needs of a very powerful communist government, a government very aware of the power of the cinema and propaganda. This paper explores the way Eisenstein re-created the past in his films and created a filmic mythology of the revolution. It explains that Eisenstein created this mythology by creating politically successful films, also by introducing the idea of heroic realism, by using documentary conventions and by using the techniques of plotless cinema.

From the Paper:

"We stopped the event where it had become an asset to the revolution" ?Sergei Eisenstein This quote summarises the attitude of the filmmakers of the soviet montage era. The films of the soviet montage were historically inaccurate films made to service the needs of a very powerful communist government, a government very aware of the power of the cinema and propaganda. The revolutionary filmmakers who were sponsored by the government pandered to the taste of the current leaders, and by doing so created a filmic representation of reality far different from actual events. Filmmakers such as Eisenstein twisted reality to suit the needs of the revolution."