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Originally Posted by Oberon
Thought you'd be more a Battleship Potemkin man, Raptor.  Or Alexander Nevsky. Not that I've seen either...they just stand out as classic Soviet era filmography to me. |
I rented Potemkin even though I don't usually enjoy silents that much (granted, I haven't seen that many - probably because the first one I tried to watch, I couldn't get through). But Battleship Potemkin comes up so much in any discussion of influential early films - especially in what I've read about later directors or films that I admire - that I figured I had to see it at least once just to know what all the fuss was about.
Was amazed to find myself bawling my eyes out by the end of the famous scene on the stairs. Incredibly moving and yes, now I know what all the fuss is about. That and Metropolis have really shown me what's possible with a silent film in the hands of a gifted filmmaker.