Yo, Memorias Inmortales 2

Yo, Memorias Inmortales #2

by Sergei Eisenstein, Naum Kleiman (Compiler), Valentina Korshunova (Compiler)

Los capítulos de la Memorias de Eisenstein no están ordenados con precisión cronológica. En este segundo volumen, volvemos a los recuerdos de infancia, como en el primero conocimos los éxitos del Potiomkin (1926). Hay numerosas referencias a México y páginas estupendas sobre Chaplin, Mayakovski, Prokofiev, sobre directores de cine europeos y estadunidenses, actores y actrices, ciudades, todo entretejido con anécdotas divertidas y brillantes reflexiones.

499 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director and film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). In its 2012 decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th greatest movie of all time.

Eisenstein was among the earliest film theorists. He believed that editing could be used for more than just expounding a scene or moment, through a "linkage" of related images. He developed what he called "methods of montage":
1) Metric
2) Rhythmic
3) Tonal
4) Overtonal
5) Intellectual

Eisenstein's articles and books—particularly Film Form and The Film Sense—explain the significance of montage in detail. His writings and films have continued to have a major impact on subsequent filmmakers.