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Contents 1 No subject 2 Could use sections 3 Mexico Picture 4 Imbalanced Article

[edit] No subject

Comment for the Ivan the Terrible films articles when written:

Apart from the last scene of Ivan part II no character looks directly at camera, and very few blink.

The colour scenes for Ivan part II were made with film captured from the Germans.

At least one clip from Ivan part III survived: it was shown at a screening of the two extant Ivan films at the Barbican, London, a number of years ago.

[edit] Could use sections

Can this article be subdivided?

Dvyost 19:27, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC):

Probably, but it needs to be finished first. Bulk of material is on Que Viva Mexico episode of his life, and some on montage theory; very little early life history (have heard he fought in the Revolution), no details on theatrical work or early filmmaking, almost nothing on Ivan, no personal information (I have heard he was married, e.g.).

Good point. Since I'm in no way qualified to do this, I'll add a cleanup tag.

An editor added Eisenstein to the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people saying that he was bisexual. Since there's no further info about it here or there, it will be removed by the terms of that article's criteria. But reading over the biography I'd suppose that this guy must have had an interesting private life. Cheers, -Willmcw 10:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Eisenstein was married twice in response to political pressure, but his marriages were never consummated. His unexpurgated diaries, published in 1984 as "Immoral Memories," are filled with accounts of his infatuations with many young men, including his assistant, Grigori Alexandrov.

Mexico was NOT a 'right wing' dictatorship in the 1930s!

[edit] Mexico Picture

I added the discussion on the amount of film Eisenstein shot for the Mexico picture.

As a personal aside, I have to say I was shocked at how little he filmed over all that time. That Sol Lesser was able to extract a feature—let alone two features and a short, as he in fact did—is remarkable.

The idea that Eisenstein had, of making a six-part feature, is absurd. Unless he had been willing to use every scrap of film, no matter how awful the performances and the technical aspects of the material, there is simply no way he could have pulled it off—the only metaphor I can think of is squeezing water from a vacuum: You can't get what isn't there.

Looking at Eisenstein's bio more carefully, he's not the silent-film hero I thought he was. --TallulahBelle 15:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Imbalanced Article

This article places way too much emphasis on the period Eisenstein spent in Mexico and way too little on his first Soviet period. I've tried to correct this a bit by cutting back on the Mexico section, but more needs to be done. Jeremy Butler 12:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the solution lies in the exorcising of information. Perhaps adding more to his Soviet period would be better. Rainer Werner 14:48 1 October 2006 (UTC)