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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Kino International
Directed By: Sergei Eisenstein
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329055820
Format: Black & White
Label: Kino International
Manufacturer: Kino International
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Kino International
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Running Time: 70
Studio: Kino International
Theatrical Release Date: 1925
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For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein s 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious sources. Until now. Kino is proud to join the Deutsche Kinematek in association with Russia s Goskinofilm, the British Film Institute, Bundesfilm Archive Berlin, and the Munich Film Museum in presenting this all new HD Transfered restoration of BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN. Dozens of missing shots have been replaced, and all 146 title cards restored to Eisenstein s specifications. Edmund Meisel s definitive 1926 score, magnificently rendered by the 55-piece Deutches Filmorchestra in 5.1 Stereo Surround, returns Eisenstein s masterwork to a form as close to its creator s bold vision as has been seen since the film s triumphant 1925 Moscow premiere. Odessa 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin, the ship s loyal crew contemplates the unthinkable mutiny. Seizing control of the Potemkin and raising the red flag of revolution, the sailors revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot heels of the Czar s Cossacks. When ruthless White Russian cavalry arrives to crush the rebellion on the sandstone Odessa Steps, the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history is born.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great film, bad music
Comment: This was the first silent russian film I'd ever seen, and I like very much! It contains a lot of elements I enjoy in silent films: great acting, descriptive captions, engaging plot. This version even includes the Russian Captions, with the english description below! The only problem I have with this film is the music track on this DVD is much too neutral for Russian Revolutionists. The score does not fit with what is happening in the film. Otherwise, it is fine and a wonderful film!
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Summary: Extraordinary Photography
Comment: I've often noted Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin as one of the great films of the twenthieth century. I had no idea how extraordinary the photography is. The same must be said of the restoration. The film is historically important. It is also a remarkable work of creativity and imagination.
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Summary: potemkin revitalized
Comment: This is the best edition of this classic film. The use of the original score and the beautiful, clean print make it a pleasure to watch. The reintroduction of the original release's hand painted frames of the red flag into the otherwise black and white film has an emotional power that even my high school history students felt and commented on later. They were surprised at the fact that they, who are accustomed to color and hi-def,felt the impact of the brief punch of color. And of course, the baby carriage going down the Odessa Steps continues to demonstrate why it remains the most famous sequence in film.
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Summary: KULTUR VHS version is excellent!
Comment: Sergei Eisenstein's BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN portrays an early event of the people's uprising of 1905-- an incident aboard a Tsarist battleship that turned deadly.
The ship's crew hung out several rotting sides of beef that had just been delivered as a way of protest, saying they wouldn't eat this wormy stuff anymore. When the medical officer examined the meat, he saw it was crawling but still said: "Those aren't worms... they're only maggots. Just wash them off with brine; the meat's perfectly fine."
The foul meat was prepared as soup, but none of the enlisted men would eat it. Soon after, everyone was assembled on deck. The second officer in command said: "All who ate soup, step forward." Only ship's officers did so. The angry 2nd officer said he'd hang everyone else from the yardarm. Then he called for a firing squad of Marines. A tarpaulin was thrown over a large group of sailors standing on the quarterdeck, in preparation for execution.
One sailor who was further back rallied the other men. He stood on a bulkhead, pleading with the Marines to not kill their brothers. They lowered their weapons. This is when things got chaotic-- it was mutiny on a grand scale. During the struggle, the man who ignited the violence with his plea of mercy was shot dead by the 2nd officer, who was immediately tossed overboard, along with the captain, medical officer and 4 others.
The body of the hero of the uprising was laid in a tent on the Odessa docks, with a sign on his chest saying: "Killed because of soup." Crowds came to visit this makeshift shrine, and a protest was organized, that is, until dismounted cossacks arrived and began firing indiscriminately on the people. Women and children were shot down. It was a slaughter.
Later, civilians resupplied the Potemkin with food, and they cast off, with two fleets in close pursuit. You'll have to see the movie to find out the boat and crew's fate.
The VHS tape of BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (issued by KULTUR) is from the 1976 Soviet restoration. Video quality is superb and projection speed accurate; soundtrack is by Shostakovich. Manufacturer's running time is listed as 74 minutes.
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Summary: Great Restoration
Comment: I have this on an old VHS Tape. This is miles ahead and well worth the wait. A must have for silent film fans.
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