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Eisenstein in Guanajuato is a 2015 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Starring Elmer Bäck as Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein , alongside Stelio Savante , Lisa Owen , Maya Zapata, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, and Raino Ranta, the film is an international co ...
Jun 18, 2015 · Eisenstein in Guanajuato: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, José Montini, Cristina Velasco Lozano. The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such heights.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Peter Greenaway
- 2015-06-18
Feb 5, 2016 · When the film begins, with Eisenstein (played by Finnish actor Elmer Bäck, who has a very un-Russian propensity for trilled r’s) and entourage sweeping into Guanajuato like a diva into an opera house, Greenaway gives us clips of the three films that established the Russian’s worldwide renown: “Strike!,” “Potemkin” and ...
Feb 4, 2016 · Like few films not marketed as pornography, “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” revels in male full frontal nudity and unblinkingly observes the naked Eisenstein’s defloration from a middle distance.
- Stephen Holden
- Peter Greenaway
Feb 11, 2015 · Overview. In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell.
May 9, 2016 · Genres: Art, Drama. Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico.
- 2 min
- 1622
- Strand Releasing
Eisenstein In Guanajuato. Rejected by Hollywood and facing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino, he experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life.
