S. M. EISENSTEIN Selected Works Writings, 1922-34 ied and ranted by RICHARD TAYLOR Tondo ‘Blooingon and Tndanapse (483ins ‘Calg the weet ett bourgas oison in te fis Mary Pckor™ that exploit and tan by satmuscally stmolating the remaining pet brurpos nlinaons even among tr heal and progres audiences Bourges cinema i jt on sware a wea of se ins of clos bose taboo Hence inthe bonk The ofthe Maton Pc York, 191)" the analy of tema atractons ina Is of themes unsuitable for use fist place i even tothe raion, etm lar aad apa ‘sey lowed by sexual perversion exceuve rad’, pyscal deform “The sty of simalants ae ser montage fra patil purpose Should provide compehetsive matron the question form Content 3 Lert it the onary of th eof shots (wich you wis o 9b Jet the sicce in april sequence). (Or. pl eral: a cera pe nag of the mineral fies the atentnn, anther percentage provakes Inger, ands on.) But this material must be organised im acordanee wih 3 tiple that fds othe desi tet "orm fhe ruin of thee meson parce materi Ibycreaing snd esembling precy thor smal tha are capable of pro- ting the acesary percentages, the concreting andthe faa aspects tine work ‘We most, moreover, remember parscubly the atrctios of the omen’ the reactions hat erupt emporay in Connection wih arcu arouses ce evens in pubic ie, im conrat t them here i 2 sres of ena? sacional Phenomena and methods, Some of thee ae ful om the class sundpoit for eae, an epic of clase srugleineviably hasan fet on ety and need dene. ‘And oa vel with these ar the ‘uty ftv tations ke, [orlanianec logs, deathdeying stunts, duble meanings, "Tir indepen ts lade wo ar por Par whore coumter-evl onary erence obo enough. As with the arctinal moment which we must ot wet gamble om the ever ofthe day, we mat never forget thatthe eclgialy seep thie tse ofa neil or acide ataction may sve oly as a method of [rowing tone unconditioned reflexes that we aed not for hi wn sakes Burton the condoned flees the ae wef our clas nd which we tvs combine with the defined obectves of or soil prince 6. Constanta (Whither “The Battleship Potemkin’)’ "But whore dacs he Pad go2" That isa question that wey many viewers ask They et they waved they psd, bat where il heb? “Thi oto course, ot the average man inthe sets cao a worker hit or knowledge ging the upper band or his conscious ‘esate gre public sii of the fc tha the ada quadon did sot open fe Inthe ligt of his revoutonsry concinass, the maxim con civable inthe destin, making the Potoin he ral ior ve he {nso warm) ino the sca fora anecdote, abel x aime od ape Se, about a wandering Sips howeser, to demean the sgnifiance f his ‘We sop the event this pint where it hal Heer ana af the Revolaton, Bu the gon ge Theheonidement a the audince dos ofcourse eso wmatbing ‘lo: how athe squadron's fsa 1 pe fie seen inthe Peseta of fmciowsnes 2 someting natural and Proper rather than as something ‘uin Tene the conceit f thin even today sens er average the audience, who vein shor waved and rine steed fam, The eed signe of he event os anesdoa ape, wba comes nxt” Terhaps we sould peck the uence di ot know. Peep t isamacer for our onsiece that mater here "Wht mater is the fc that he rs forts oot ae ‘he wy my audienss 3, (Gad Time commanded them to examine the question, “Where des he Pion fad” Phat to rae conlsions from it on mates of Tim pots Tread they’ rite me compliments o they dig ow who 1 ‘tle it from an they do etnies a Tg 1 thik of mya "to Bagdad” The term ‘tiving’ is jos a appropri here a itis the conf ‘oon of Church aka Bot we sal er ter othe hres ight 0 the alables connate ‘Now we sl ty pat the course ake by the Poti and deter sine sf vayage ‘The time hs come wo estas the NEM acticin ant = and remember tha, dpe the NEP npn, NEP i a ih en a o 1926196 ‘What harscteres NEP informal terms? Iris the achievement of patil effet by maths that re the lpia opposite to the end Beng Feowed: ving oan soils by rading, sl 0 08 1 just the same in pis or he a, people ask me what {myself ven Potomin Ul hen i isthe {ac that tr he Bs step the ‘NEP’ paseo he struggle Because in Pee the ome review of atactions lb o The Sirk) al he one fet he pathos) he ern appeal o aay ~ ae [chewed by te ‘pai’ metal of them te mcthods of sve a ‘doubt, ters, sentiment, Iv, psichologm, meal feligs, et ‘These cements ae remved fom the harmony af thir wadtonal compo sion with he esl “withdrawal spo with a suspension of reals ober pacing fess (Chek, The Staton Maar). Thee clement “gh at re dismembered and reassemble busines shoe Inne se ting. This the burger to work om eon™ "is mox my fault that um ota rept. Bu or contemparen reeves are ater the atl, they ned doef sentiments. onside hr it only through sentimental that they eae Be our he Icey, cnet ft, aise we ‘Do you ely thik da the cls mists (a maseepece of Tiss tography) ae my “ghia ong! (i's as if in making propaganda Foesouperatn, you were to st yours the deaf tarsng the farare USSR fo an A Union Mair & Merrlees*) Nota al, adic them a sharply Pope raza that wil et the wewer 100 pe ent inthe place that neds a util moment, The mit in Pann te the "cows in The Ske fede for he year tha as pase! in rflesogy the tem timlan” encompass athe sme Une uth the Bow sick om the pate sd the ones of pale le st As lar as mad of once ar concersed Pam 02 cn funtion af The Se bt a cota S. The ul xc of psycholgiis hereconrased withthe pases, the protools, the abstract naturalism fds ify il the Cine Eye quali hola’ of The Sake Tn ne foley ceri, and by new methods. The object na juss illustration ae Ing aan oye (an accordion, «tet the objet pyehlopsed Boh by Sty ofits pntioning spd in it ery presentation: tbe aon of te gun isan Seton bunt by vite oft presentation The roaring hos ae the clearest, fstance of the new peyehologin, the apogee ofthe peel elie from the aj. The ss andthe haetip act not though oral jst onion but theouph a profoundly pclae contrast ~ the deeneless ‘Shnging tothe strong, How many tes have heard ow ouching destroyer tho 267 appeared "tiny kde the atch. But in the encounter sti the sain the machines wee sot ike the ear Hay Loy.” Jumping out his wastcat Beau wis yo apa ‘Lat us compre theater sng quence in The Sine with the “devs Step The iflerence loa with dv ead forthe technics o Coton of publ setment ascertaining what was the hasiemotion ofthe mas that ‘eas just making heck progress with comracion~ the hosing sequence is ‘labora a lstton opal a techn sales ofthe combat ‘bie and rashng water On the whole, hat how he Seo mere {curate ‘an station of te sik) was contracted The ‘Odes Sep? Sequence apreared atthe ine ofan emer od of enoconalsm. Te mo ‘ecient at this Nod of emstnalism verows when women Pary mem {ee leqe thie Puty work and earn he fm A pt the workers eonlityfdoobind fori persnal ie, his experience "The esauion [Fis problem suite diferent a facta line ean and efctthere, water Sa ties = ere, shots and people lig) demoted oat ast» secomiary Foe, and combination of bao and ody, «combination of peal ater than a"peedueton’ fet, noo mention the epi’ the heme feats indseriminatly resale in The Sire forint, by montage othe shot andthe eae The contin rom The Siew Potemkin is in the development ‘a patos emerging Galetcly in The Sie tat bass on the penile ‘fara and log techni The Sie resi: Patina hyn. ‘With Pesembin reach new er hat the new’ paycholoisn ‘Wha wl be ike But fiat sere of reslons we must make about 1 There is one thing me have noiht od and that sto mae peat ‘Tre corrnt phe of sidienc ection detrnes our meds ose what reacts to, Without hs he ca no fact a and cecal no art = ace nate 2 However much the el sat of ais may be unsympathetic the pre- Seding poi and however ch it mn contact t we are obliged t peo Shes gan tha eres fr. We have no iho kr oe pc the amc of clei occ (ad wha even the ma epcal e ee ths logan) Ar ada a mets excep hoe tat al achieve thelr fend. I was Vola who sid, “AU Thee fut mieux rapper fore gue fps! [the hare tere strike and than tra 4: What else do ne not have right 1? In he “lips” eds that ae Sanding nwa for swe mast emerer ths with pave ce We have forgo only on thing that these dangerous aetna omer wed (oserve ass means of ling” the sdence~and we must direct all our ‘Sources toads ensuring tat rt alvayseacerbtes caren conti rather than distracting sien frm ihe bourgeoisie i 2 great expert #9 teroling ovr te ee Guetions of se pesca dy, which ae obi: Hany eave by se phony of happy ending Hence the governing philosophy for the coming psycoloism — no sil development of pyeipial problems integer sens" ton the leet oF newpaper sie tat you il py sme aceon wo the mis o1936 ‘if arent questo that nes toe reve, the question that, ven {ough sou cannot ree i the parca conten, compels You wot 19 ‘alos ove i but poet ome frm, "We areal, onthe dresbol of sia het phepomenon in tera, Tretakon’s bilan 7 Went 2 Cl We shal se i the ‘aging proves to be a the sue peak of iat! Tein tise ind cue guatante against nen-topicalty and Siguraive(, even wise “astral te natate) poco ‘eLasy~ we miso drop he ee of he ualifatons of mastery and for ‘nal fore pogtess in out methods hang the means nin. “Ths cociues the concrete details nthe these “Whither he Poem" "hore precaespeiieion would be dogmatic carts and 2g with wards. The question canbe resolved only by selecting a ne om the aw materia selecting propel frm the point view of ip hcorecalpreuppoation and» the ht aon i the wea oit-an into tha, wie na ycding to dsectog or cose aa he es be conse powertulbut rte ine bing an known fener For the of us who tke our stand on the bass of the montage of so this chang neither an overturning othe oundaon fer chang sours im derstanding or cinema. Far sits the net ct chang of tation =the est acl manoeuyeein he ack onthe ce unde the span of Octbe. 7. However Odd —Khokhlova!” ‘The cighh of Mach rang ot. "The pages of Pras shirumered with: 2 woman captain woman mechani, woman mae, vr he Tm fata commitees Hel fervent mess for ‘Women's ee Women’s victorin al nts were beng elated. “Meni drhy away rl ono he ln rot we heard he canta aster ates othe pay f master wastes, “Tey won't etan ates bein aa mistres. [crane on what we might cll he calli font — in enema — a ‘woman stress o bea mee Tae’ ‘A fara he women’s question is concerned our cinema is ke pe- revoionary Bombay and i pe hundred naked women in cages. Tat thee be ‘Kemnay essant women’ women chins” tut pracie”rouires that 4 Kemsomol gel mist be chubby, peasant ‘woman mst ea, woman cian must usualy be ely "ety pice ‘Other the public won't came ‘Ourcinema oficial cling tenaciously to he rations of he aia je concept of waren om the seren. When they say actor, they ae recing demanding the mastery of Lon Chaney, Shei or Barhelnes. "The oncet of 3 woman maser, of a ast wih equal Highs, sot recognised here caer ere god lnker Afar a he cate of ‘we requie igh evel finds echiue "The arti coun the stoi ok at woman through the ees of primera ete breeder. "The power toe and ume the ond i tere econemic power ‘gina which hee is wo eppal~and isin ther primeval hands. “Thi deci eo alike 2 hatering Now and. ora second ‘yar Koko ste without work. Fora second year Kuss i not ‘iecting fi. “Thi lary of postvly unt proportions, iter