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Film Form

by Sergei Eisenstein
Jay Leyda
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A classic on the aesthetics of filmmaking from the pioneering Soviet director who made Battleship Potemkin.
 
Though he completed only a half-dozen films, Sergei Eisenstein remains one of the great names in filmmaking, and is also renowned for his theory and analysis of the medium. Film Form collects twelve essays, written between 1928 and 1945, that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Jay Leyda, this volume allows modern-day film students and fans to gain insights from the man who produced classics such as Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible and created the renowned “Odessa Steps” sequence.
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  • Release date: June 17, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780547539478
  • Release date: June 17, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780547539478
  • File size: 3132 KB
  • Release date: June 17, 2014

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subjects

Performing Arts Nonfiction

Languages

English

A classic on the aesthetics of filmmaking from the pioneering Soviet director who made Battleship Potemkin.
 
Though he completed only a half-dozen films, Sergei Eisenstein remains one of the great names in filmmaking, and is also renowned for his theory and analysis of the medium. Film Form collects twelve essays, written between 1928 and 1945, that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Jay Leyda, this volume allows modern-day film students and fans to gain insights from the man who produced classics such as Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible and created the renowned “Odessa Steps” sequence.
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Performing Arts Nonfiction