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Dare Daniel Presents: Canon Fodder – Episode 5
Battleship Potemkin (1925; Dir.: Sergei Eisenstein)
Daniel and Corky talk montages, meat, maggots, mutinies and more in their review of the iconic Soviet silent masterpiece Battleship Potemkin.
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN FACTS & FIGURES
Theatrical debut: Dec. 21, 1925
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics List Ranking: #54 (tied)
IMDB synopsis: “In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel’s officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.”
CLIPS AND CLIPPINGS
Battleship Potemkin theatrical relaunch trailer
Odessa Steps sequence
Maggots in the meat
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
By the Bluest of Seas (1936; Dir.: Boris Barnet)
IMDB synopsis: “Two best friends shipwreck on an island in the Caspian Sea and fall in love with the same woman while helping the villagers of their new home.”
Our review of By the Bluest of Seas comes out on Jan. 23, 2024!
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