Release Date: Nov 1, 1979 Wide
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After the dissolution of his project based on the Theodore Dreiser novel An American Tragedy and nearing the conclusion of his failed sojourn in Hollywood, legendary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein secured financing for this documentary about Mexico from avowed Socialist Upton Sinclair. Eisenstein and his cinematographer Eduard Tisse shot the film in 1931 and '32, intending to divide the narrative into four novels or segments called "Sandunga," "Fiesta," "Maguey," and "Soldadera." After
Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Documentary, Western, Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest
Nov 1, 1979 Wide
Mar 8, 2005
Kino on Video
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Alexandrov's interpretation of the Eisenstein's Que viva Mxico! becomes rather slippery when analyzed using an auteurist model.
A beautiful portrait of Mexico by a Russian genious! If completed, it could've been Eisenstein's Masterpiece.
December 4, 2010
This is defently one of my favourite Movies, one of the best Movies of all Time and the best Movie of Sergej Eisenstein a epic Masterpiece that tells the Story of Mexico from his Pre-Columbian Society that is more similar to ours that i ever thought with a Matrichal Society in which the Man has a better Life than in
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