Eisentein was an Einstein!

     Film.. one of the most technological forms of art. And its consequences on the modern world are by no means dimmed from its appearance occurring during the war era. The moving pictures brought countless new ways to push political and personal agendas. Basically a very effective military propaganda pusher. And that's basically what Sergei Eisenstein used to make his mark on the world, while maintaining its status as a fine art.

     His strength was defined by "combining realistic narrative with symbolic imagery." A skill invaluable to the Russian revolution. His silent film masterpiece, The Battleship Potemkin, didn't actually occur but he used brutalities described by the Russian press to create the effect of an on-the-spot documentary. Also known as a montage. I have to concur, that it was extremely effective.

       It's easy to spot the political swing of The Battleship Potemkin, as you see the tzarist soldiers attacking their civilian victims. And if that film, seemed bias, then his post-silent film Alexander Nevsky was undoubtedly so. So much so that it earned the approval of Joseph Stalin. It praised the Russian Prince that defended the Motherland against an onslaught of Teutonic Knights... Sound familiar anyone? Umm, surely not anything like WWI.. Also noteworthy is the Demonic reference to the German knights around three minutes into this clip.

      Slanted view or not I can't help but realize the genius of this mans work with an unpioneered technology and yet molding it into a fine art. Eisenstein developed techniques like building tension throughout the film by playing sequential shots of conflicting visual scenes, and he helped further the ability of the filmmaker to produce epic scenes. Such as the large battle seen here. His work lives on as an monument along the timeline of film, and it's uses.