The End of St. Petersburg

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Audience Member Silent Russian propaganda holds no surprises, narrative-wise, but the cinematography is above-average. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A great portrait/cross-section, starting with a young peasant going to the city to find work, of a society leading to revolution, of (capitalist) exploitation and (state) oppression, and a great political (and moral) education. (And I swear a young Ayn Rand is in this film, appropriately in the role of the big capitalist's typist!) Curse the capitalist dogs, the neo-Kerenskies, who turned back Lenin's city into St. Petersburg! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Great, especially in comparison to Einstein's 'October.' Character-driven and less painstakingly historically comprehensive. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Considering that you will probably only watch this movie if you are studying film and probably only should watch it if your studying film this is okay. The message is pretty obvious, and it keeps getting pounded over the head with it. As if we wouldn't get it, but for film theorists and such it's interesting to talk about and considering it's getting close to being a century old it is pretty impressive. Watch it if you're into communism, silent films, Russia, or studying film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Para aprender sobre el formalismo ruso, Juan Mora Catlett nos hizo el favor de proyectarnos esta cinta de Pudovkin que muestra, justamente, la caída de todo un sistema en Rusia, un sistema opresor, controlado por grupos de poder como lo hacen en nuestro país hoy día y que, finalmente, es el pueblo quien termina dando la cara y es el pueblo quien restablece el orden a través de una lección de moral en el que se conjuntan los valores universales. El montaje, experimental y con edición relacional (conceptos totalmente nuevos para mi) nos transportan en con una serie de imágenes aparentemente arbitrarias a un mundo regido por el orden y el caos en el que nosotros asociamos lo que vemos con las situaciones que apreciamos. Toda la última parte me parece extremadamente llena de motivos que hacen vibrar al espectador de una forma que el cine comercial de nuestros tiempos no hacen. Agradecí ese buen momento. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I think I know what was wrong with the USSR... their movies sucked! I saw one and thought it was awful. This one had a story and it was still pretty bad! The ending however was great! Some of the shots not too bad. The music was alright... but the ending was good- very Hollywood! However without this movement we wouldn't have the montage so we have to thank it. Even if it isn't very good! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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