Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin S01 E04

Regarded as a film that marked the birth of contemporary cinematic language, Sergei Eisenstein 's Battleship Potemkin (1925) also remains one of the most heavily censored films of the 20th century, banned by governments fearful of its propaganda for the Bolshevik cause. Film-maker Renny Bartlett tells the story of the making of the film and deconstructs the sequence on the Odessa Steps, six minutes of montage that would inspire such diverse talents as Francis Bacon , Woody Allen , Brian De Palma and Ken Russell.

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