Filmkveld: "Oktober 1917"

Onsdag 12. mars, kl 18.00, viser Fagutvalget i historie:

Oktober 1917, regi: Sergei Eisenstein

Sted: Sydneshaugen auditorium B

October was commissioned to Sergei Eisenstein by the Soviet Central Committee in charge of festivities to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The result is, from its opening moments on, a visually stunning film and a symphony of non-stop rhythmic editing.

Eisenstein was allowed complete access to the city of Leningrad and its populace; he even was able to film at the czar's Winter Palace. Eisenstein meticulously researched the period, using newsreels, news reports and photographs, actual footage of the events in Petrograd shot by film editor Esther Shub, and John Reed's book "Ten Days That Shook the World". No professional actors were used in OCTOBER: Via the use of "typage," Eisenstein's casting theory, all characters, from worker to aristocrat, were played by appropriate types culled from the population. Quite a few had even been participants in the history Eisenstein had set out to recreate.

Det ferdige resultatet ble ikke helt hva Stalin hadde sett for seg. Filmen ble først grovt sensurert og senere forbudt! I Oktober tar Eisenstein skrittet fullt ut og eksperimenterer med "intellektuell montasje" og rask klipperytme.

Jan Heiret vil holde innlegg. Kom Kom!!!