Eisenstein in Guanajuato | POLISH PREMIERE
Date
Hour
Place
07/08/2015
21:15
THE PGE CINEMA ELECTRIC


Eisenstein in Guanajuato
reż|dir Peter Greenaway | NL, FI, MX, BE, FR | 2015 | 105 min
prod|pro Bruno Felix, San Fu Maltha, Cristina Velasco, Femke Wolting scen|wr Peter Greenaway zdj|ph Reinier van Brummelen muz|mus Siergiej Prokofiew mon|ed Elmer Leupen ob|cast Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante dys|dis Bomba Film

DESCRIPTION

In 1931, the Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, famous for his propaganda film “Battleship Potemkin,” goes to Guanajuato to shoot “¡Que viva México!”. A genius with an eccentric appearance and the demeanour of a hyperactive lunatic, Eisenstein is enamoured of the new culture, its flavour and liberal approach to the body and sexuality. While making plans for the production of the grand film, which is faced with many obstacles in Mexico, the director gains perspective and changes his attitude towards the Stalinist regime.

Greenway dazes the viewer with a plethora of dynamic cinematographic and editing devices: successive zoom-ins, a divided screen, and an opulent set design are all part of a conscious play on Eisenstein's film poetics. Elmer Bäck becomes the titular protagonist with an unstable dose of energy, charisma, and humour.


AWARDS
2015 IFF in Berlin – Golden Bear nomination

DIRECTOR
Peter Greenaway (1942) British director, one of the most prominent representatives of auteur cinema. Has studied painting at the Walthamstow School of Art. He has later worked as an editor at the Central Office of Information for a decade. He earned his renown with the 1982 post-modern pastiche of historical cinema, “The Draughtsman’s Contract.” For the past 30 years Greenway has been experimenting continuously, feeling uninhibited in both conceptual and feature filmmaking.

FILMOGRAPHY
2015 Eisenstein w Guanajuato | Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2012 Goltzius and the Pelican Company
2007 Nocna straż | Nightwatching
1999 8 i pół kobiety | 8 ½ Women
1988 Wyliczanka | Drowning by Numbers
1987 Brzuch architekta | Belly of an Architect
1985 Zet i dwa zera | Zed & Two Naughts
1982 Kontrakt rysownika | Draughtsman’s Contract, The

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