Eisenstein, Cinema, and History - 9780252062698

Eisenstein, Cinema, and HistoryAuthor(s): James Goodwin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252062698, 978-0252062698\nSynopsis\nAmong early directors, Sergei Eisentein\nstands alone as the maker of a fully historical cinema. James Goodwin treats\nissues of revolutionary history and historical representation as central to\nan understanding of Eisentein's work, which explores two movements within Soviet\nhistory and consciousness: the Bolshevik Revolution and the Stalinist state.\n Goodwin articulates intersections\nbetween Eisentein's ideas and aspects of the thought of Walter Benjamin, Georg\nLukcs, Ernst Bloch, and Bertolt Brecht. He also shows how the formal\nproperties and filmic techniques of each work reveal perspectives on history\n. Individual chapters focus on Strike, Battleship Potemkin, October, Old \n and New, projects of the 1930s, Alexander Nevsky, and Ivan the \n Terrible.