Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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Leo P @RT23366938 Apr 26 Greenaway starts as usual—he strips his protagonists naked and starts to feed the viewer with astonishing images, a caricatured Eisenstein being a vehicle for Greenaway to express his (brilliant?) ideas on everything that stands between life and death. However, what could've been another Greenaway masterpiece suddenly turns into an intense and graphic love story between two men. See more 02/16/2020 Despite its narrative problems, Greenaway gives us a movie pleasant to the human eye that will surely please the director's fans and those who seek more style than substance. See more 07/09/2017 Many good visuals, but overdone. See more 03/07/2017 After a failed attempt to make a movie in Hollywood, Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to make a film under the auspices of Upton Sinclair. While in Mexico, he has a sexual awakening and a love affair with his Mexican guide Palomino. I like Greenaway, but I can't say this one really worked for me. I don't think it's fair to say that Einsenstein's blossoming homosexuality is the only topic that Greenaway is interested in, but it's the only topic that really seems to take any form. Other topics come up, but they are really treated in a sketchy manner (you are well over an hour into the film before you realize that he's been in Mexico for over 8 months). I don't mind the film, but a nearly 2 hour running time seems really excessive. See more 06/09/2016 Peter Greenaway isn't a storyteller so much as a painter. The movie's strength is its aesthetics and should be enjoyed for that. See more 05/28/2016 It's a bummer that the return of Peter Greenaway is not a better film. This movie will wear thin quickly -- even for film geeks like myself. This is an organized mess. Greenaway is clearly having fun. Too bad he didn't include his audience in this twisted celebration. See more Read all reviews

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

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