Footage of the aftermath of the January 14 1931 Earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico..
Eduard Tisse, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov
Mexico
If you want a fun Friday night with popcorn, this isn't it. But if you’re the type of person who stares at old black-and-white photos and wonders what those people were thinking, then La destrucción de Oaxaca is going to hit you pretty hard. 🏛️ It’s only about 12 minutes long. It’s silent. It’s grainy as hell. But th...
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Sergei Eisenstein
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"If you want a fun Friday night with popcorn, this isn't it. But if you’re the type of person who stares at old black-and-white photos and wonders what those people were thinking, then La destrucción de Oaxaca is going to hit you pretty hard. 🏛️ It’s only about 12 minutes long. It’s silent. It’s grainy as hell. But there is something about it that feels more real than any big-budget disaster movie I've seen lately. It was shot by Sergei Eisenstein and his cameraman Eduard Tisse while they were ..."
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