Sergei Eisenstein in Paris, Mexico + Commentary by Nestor Almendros & Peter Greenaway
Hans Richter, Sergei Eisenstein and Man Ray, Paris’ 1929
Sergei Eisenstein died on 11 February 1948.
Nestor Almendros on Sergei Eisenstein
“Outside [Eisenstein] was a Soviet Russian[;] inside, according to some, he was a Christian, to others he was a Jew, to yet others a homosexual….” In fact, he was all those things. Eisenstein was an obedient Communist throughout his life. He did have a very Christian education in his native Riga, and through his otherwise Russified father he had some Jewish blood. An abundance of religious—and antireligious—imagery was present in all his films. And in addition, there are reasons to believe that in Eisenstein’s creative drive homosexuality played a very important role.
Nestor Almendros – (Previous post)
Diego, Frida and Eisenstein
Peter Greenaway on Eisenstein