Sentimental Romance

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brent g 10/02/2009 i realized that i haven't seen enough eisenstein and watched this baby on youtube. it's eisenstein's first sound film and it is a 1930 collaboration with grigori aleksandrov. nobody really knows the true collaborative efforts of either man involved, although both are given writing and directing credit. the result is a really nice experimental piece that collages images of nature and a woman singing and playing the piano. it seems like the woman is trying to understand her place within nature (as so many of these films touch on; hey, it's important!), and this is apparent because she plays a black piano in her house sadly and at the end plays a white piano in the sunlight, outside, joyously. the sound editing i found to be stunning; the most memorable parts in the film are perfectly enhanced by sound. there are also some gorgeous shots, most notably in the first third, where shots of thin lining trees across a lake are showcased. See more Martin T 09/23/2009 Sports some original and interesting editing techniques, but it's also kinda dull. See more Kevin M 08/04/2009 A 20 minute master class in Eisenstein's montage theory, "Romance Sentimentale" uses nothing but nature photography to invoke the inner turmoil of its nameless, piano-playing heroine. Of course, there's also a ton of experimentation going on: time-lapse shots, superimpositions, negative images and even some crude negative-scratch special effects. As our fetching pianist plays her lament, the editing is constantly interjecting these unusual images to suggest more going on beneath the surface. A dark and stormy night is contrasted by a sun-soaked, warm and happy finale, but what are we summing up exactly? Her entire love life? A new dawn of fertility, endless rainbows and the pattering of little feet? The simple acceptance of a breakup? Perhaps nothing at all? A wealth of feelings are invoked by this stylistic experiment, which amounts to little more than a 20 minute music video. This may be overwhelmingly "artsy" for some; for aficionados of film history/theory this is a goldmine. "Romance" is currently in the public domain so it's not too hard to track down. See more Read all reviews

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