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Film essays and a lecture / by Sergei Eisenstein ; edited by Jay Leyda ; foreword by Grigori Kozintsev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton legacy library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Soviet Union.
- Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948--Bibliography.
- Eisenstein, Sergei.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Sergei Eisenstein's greatness lies not only in his films, such as Potemkin or Ivan the Terrible, or his contributions to the technique and art of the cinema but also in his contributions as a theoretician and philosopher of the art. This edition includes a new translation of Eisenstein's essay on Orozco.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Foreword / Kozintsev, Grigori
- A Personal Statement
- The Method of Making Workers' Films
- Soviet Cinema
- Perspectives
- The Dynamic Square
- GTK-GIK-VGIK; Past-Present-Future
- Lessons from Literature
- The Embodiment of a Myth
- More Thoughts on Structure
- Charlie the Kid
- Mr Lincoln by Mr Ford
- A Close-Up View
- Problems of Composition
- Sources and Notes
- APPENDIX A. The Published Writings (1922-1982) of Sergei Eisenstein with notes on their English translations
- APPENDIX B. The Prometheus of Mexican Painting
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Collection of translations.
- "The published writings (1922-1982) of Sergei Eisenstein": pages 188-221.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691642000
- 0691642001
- 9781400853922
- 1400853923
- OCLC:
- 1013951984
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