Ultimately rejected by Hollywood and maliciously maligned by conservative Americans, Eisenstein traveled to Mexico in 1931 to consider a film privately funded by American pro-Communist sympathizers, headed by the American writer Upton Sinclair. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Netherlands-Mexico-Finland-Belgium. Eisenstein In Guanajuato. Romance. Eisenstein in Guanajuato is far from a subtle picture, and hardly what you’d call to everyone’s taste, but it certainly doesn’t lack for enthusiasm, vision or style. Peter Greenaway's latest, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, may not be up everyone's street, and even fans may find the self-indulgent longueurs towards the end of the film too much. Eisenstein In Guanajuato was released in 2016 on Friday, January 15, 2016 (Limited release). Eisenstein in Guanajuato. He also criticised the film heavily for its salaciousness and many historical inaccuracies, stating that of Eisenstein's wife Pera Atasheva and his many friends, confidants and colleagues: "None of these would recognise the Eisenstein they knew in Greenaway’s Guanajuato. The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such heights. Berlin Film Review: ‘Eisenstein in Guanajuato’ An eye-opening look at one of cinema's most respected figures, celebrating the sexual awakening that awaited the repressed Russian helmer in Mexico. EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO. Sets are as exuberant and as complex as an architect mind like Greenaway's can conceive. Note: "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" will be playing at the Siskel Film Center in Chicago starting February 19th. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Peter Greenaway. Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place. CDN$ 18.72: CDN$ 37.73: DVD "Please retry" — — CDN$ 26.80 . Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up a brothel in their Genevan estate after watching 8½ (1963). There he encounters a new culture and its dealings with death; he also discovers another revolution – and his own body. A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away. Starring Elmer Bäck as Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein, alongside Stelio Savante, Lisa Owen, Maya Zapata, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, and Raino Ranta, the film is an international co-production between companies in the Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland and France. Dir/scr: Peter Greenaway. Summary: In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. On the back of his revolutionary film Battleship Potemkin, he was celebrated around the world, and invited to the US. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by color family {{familyColorButtonText(colorFamily.name)}} 92 BBC documentary-style shorts that record the lives of 92 victims of the VUE (Violent Unexplained Event), each with last names beginning with "Fall. An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'. Eisenstein in Guanajuato: Trailer 1 Eisenstein in Guanajuato Synopsis. He has written for The New York Times, Variety, Film Comment, The Village Voice, Interview, Cineaste and other publications. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Take a look ahead at all the major movie releases coming to theaters and streaming this season. "[5] Metacritic reports a 60 out of 100 rating based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On the back of his revolutionary film Battleship Potemkin, he was celebrated around the world, and invited to the US. An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart. "[4], "Berlinale 2015: Malick, Dresen, Greenaway and German in Competition", "New Eisenstein Biopic: Greenaway Goes Loco in Guanajuato", The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eisenstein_in_Guanajuato&oldid=987306560, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 November 2020, at 05:11. Eisenstein in Guanajuato For the last two decades his projects became more and more exploratory, with the moving images being only one of the tools in combinations of multi-disciplinary explorations and experiments that brought together almost every artistic discipline that was invented. Eisenstein in Guanajuato premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the main competition section[3] on 11 February 2015. Written by Film, Comedy. View production, box office, & company info. Eisenstein in Guanajuato portrays the 10 days in Central Mexican state of Guanajuato that allegedly changed the life of the iconic Russian helmer Sergei Eisenstein. We take a look back at cinematic history and celebrate Asian Pacific American filmmakers and their visionary work. In 1931, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Use the HTML below. The direction and storytelling is almost mystical. Godfrey Cheshire is a film critic, journalist and filmmaker based in New York City. If you listen to what Peter Greenaway has to tell about his film (and he speaks a lot as he promotes the film in the international festival tour) Eisentein in Guanajuato is before all a homage to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema who was Sergei Eisenstein. 2 out of 5 stars. Peter Greenaway's latest semi-experimental, visually ambitious work explores the life-changing months 'Battleship Potemkin' director Sergei Eisenstein spent … When what you see on screen is expressive and interesting you cannot get tired, as one does not get tired of seeing more masterpieces in an art museum, or of listening to fine opera or classical music. On the back of his revolutionary film Battleship Potemkin, he … Finnish actor Elmer Bäck brings on screen an Eisenstein who hides his doubts behind exuberance, and his fears behinds carelessness, who is sure of his artistic genius but unaware about his personal charisma. Ultimately rejected by Hollywood and maliciously maligned by conservative Americans, Eisenstein traveled to Mexico in 1931 to consider a film privately funded by American pro-Communist sympathizers, headed by the American writer Upton Sinclair. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The period spent by Eisenstein in Mexico while shooting material never gathered and edited for a film about the country and its revolutions may have been the happiest time in the life of the director already famous for Potemkin and October. [6], Critic and author David Robinson praised Greenaway's "...own post-modern pictorialism still as ingenious, flashy and painstakingly wrought in his seventies." This FAQ is empty. Now playing. Eisenstein's sensual Mexican experience appears to have been pivotal in his life and film career - a significant hinge between the early successes of Strike, Battleship Potemkin, and October, which made him a world-renowned figure, and his hesitant later career with Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible and The Boyar's Plot. At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence, and gluttony. It has a story, and it has a hero and it has a theme, one of these themes film makers love to bring to screen, maybe the ultimate film theme - film making! Was this review helpful to you? Overall Eisenstein in Guanajuato was for me a very satisfying and surprisingly entertaining experience. Godfrey Cheshire. CDN$ 18.72 . Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Peter Greenaway Director Elmer Bäck Sergei Eisenstein Luis … A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher. Peter Greenaway's latest, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, may not be up everyone's street, and even fans may find the self-indulgent longueurs towards the end of the film too much. The film received mixed reviews from critics. In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, The acting by all involved it awesome as hell. A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. 2015. Add the first question. Think of it as ‘Eisenstein in Love’. - at some moment he even refuses to do so. Three generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it. Eisenstein in Guanajuato [Import] Format: DVD. In 1931 the Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein travels to Guanajuato to direct his film Que viva México. Even then the combination of colors and music, architecture (he is an architect by formation) and composition, his obsessions for sex and death and his bluntness in approaching them were much out of the beaten track. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Peter Greenaway's career is beyond any ambitions of commercial success - his most successful (audience-wise) movies were made in the 80s. or 'Action!' The film was voted to the bottom place by the Screen International's critics’ jury and subsequently ignored by the official jury.[4]. Eisenstein in Guanajuato is a 2015 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled "Que Viva Mexico." Starring Elmer Bäck as Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein, alongside Stelio Savante, Lisa Owen, Maya Zapata, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, and Raino Ranta, the film is an international co-production between companies in the Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland and France. Browse 173 eisenstein in guanajuato stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Time Out says. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. Peter Greenaway depicts Eisenstein as an eccentric artist who travels to Mexico filled with the hubris of being an internationally celebrated star director. The film opened theatrically 18 June in the Netherlands, 8 July in France, 4 September in Finland, and 22 January 2016 in Mexico. Comedy. It allowed him not only a unique encounter with a culture that was so different from some aspects yet so close from other compared with the Russian culture he knew from home, but also an encounter with himself, with his own demons, his self-denied homosexuality, his tendency to the luxury and the decadence of the bourgeois life, so different from the austerity he left in the Soviet Russia and to which he was condemned to return.There is almost nothing in this film about Eisenstein's film making. Peter Greenaway continues to provoke debate with this busy farce about the great Russian filmmaker . I read some critical opinions about viewers 'getting tired' by the too intense camera work - I do not agree with them. Eisenstein in Guanajuato can be seen almost as a return to the more conventional tools of film making. The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such heights. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? ", The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such heights. Peter Greenaway does not try to expose any secrets of the film making art of Eisenstein, but rather deals with the surrounding context that made his films possible. It was granted a very limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 February 2016. The site's consensus states: "Eisenstein in Guanajuato is certainly bold, but its provocations aren't always enough to overcome a lack of depth and clear narrative purpose. Peter Greenaway to Receive Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Directing Award, Film Factory Boards Claudia Pinto Emperador’s ‘The Consequences’ (Exclusive), Cast announced for Jon Knautz’s ‘Something Fierce’, Great Art Films at the Vanguard of Technology, Best Director Portrayal in a Film - Part 2. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 55% score based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. 2 out of 5 stars. Eisenstein in Guanajuato. At no point does he shout 'Camera!' The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy. CDN$ 11.70 . Eisenstein in Guanajuato is a feature film by Peter Greenaway about the world's greatest filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. Eisenstein In Guanajuato Release Date: When was the film released? By Lee Marshall 2015-02-12T09:35:00+00:00. CDN$ 11.32 — DVD "Please retry" — 1. 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings. It also is a social and political commentary, as it deals with what was probably the most exuberant, liberal and care-free period in the life of the screen director of the Soviet Revolution, and also with the sexual orientation of Eisenstein which was kind of a well known secret in his biography, tolerated by the Soviet authorities but maybe also a tool of blackmail by the KGB. In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO BY PETER GREENAWAY The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few – if any – directors who can be elevated to such heights. Blu-ray CDN$ 22.54 DVD CDN$ 28.48 Additional DVD options: Edition Discs Amazon Price New from Used from DVD "Please retry" — 1. Synopsis In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Hendrik Goltzius, a late sixteenth-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. (2015). There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Ride Along 2, Norm of the North and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. 105mins. The camera work does not try to replicate anything that Eisenstein has done on screen, but rather quotes and incorporates fragments of Eisentein's movies with the visual commentaries of Greenaway. Title: The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... 26 of 33 people found this review helpful. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. 2,677 likes. Eisenstein in Guanajuato is a 2015 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Mexican actor Luis Alberti builds a fine counterpoint to Eisenstein's character and a credible gay love interest. Eisenstein's sensual Mexican experience appears to have been pivotal in his life and film career - a significant hinge between the early successes of Strike, Battleship Potemkin, and October, which made him a world-renowned figure, and his hesitant later career with Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible and The Boyar's Plot. 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