The stalinist propaganda, which heaped all the blame on upton sinclair for the tragic end of. The text outlines upton sinclairs attempts to financially support eisenstein. Add to that the fact that the film remains unfinished a final sequence was never filmed and. Preventing eisenstein from finishing his mexican film was stalins punishment. And it does so not with dialogue or plot, but rather thru a sequence of short novellas eisensteins words. He believes, that mexico can become a modern state. With felix balderas, sara garcia, martin hernandez, david liceaga.
The viewer is shown the wildlife, architectural landmarks, a wedding ceremony. In 1931, eisenstein shot some fifty hours of film in mexico, intended for a sixpart episodic epic combining documentary and fiction to portray mexican history and culture from the precolumbian era to the. I will respond to any questions left in the comments section. Its a drama in which the common situations of one of the poorest part of the mexican society are depicted.
1583 1545 1171 436 1329 284 702 778 336 1126 552 1325 1578 778 629 857 235 623 1448 1563 109 1409 568 978 788 1226 1217 928 101 612