Made during the rapid industrialization and collectivization of Stalin's Five-Year Plan. Kaufman countered the poverty of the villages with the geometrical rhythm of mechanized factories; militarization is shown as the next step of the 'unprecedented campaign'.
Mikhail Kaufman
Soviet Union
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for rhythmic editing and old-school propaganda, you'll probably dig this. If you want a story that makes sense or characters you can actually relate to, skip it. This isn't a movie for people who want to be entertained in the normal way. It’s for the folks who like staring at ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Mikhail Kaufman
Claude Friese-Greene
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for rhythmic editing and old-school propaganda, you'll probably dig this. If you want a story that makes sense or characters you can actually relate to, skip it. This isn't a movie for people who want to be entertained in the normal way. It’s for the folks who like staring at how movies were built before the modern era smoothed out all the jagged edges. Mikhail Kaufman doesn't just film stuff. He chops it up. The way he cuts from a threshing machine to..."
1920 · IMDb 5.6
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