Tag Archives: Douglas Fairbanks

A SALTY DOG ON THE PORT SIDE

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Dave

A communist sea dog who stayed away from the starboard, or right wing side of the battleship Potemkin. Sergei Eisenstein‘s Potemkin was a film that proclaimed his faith as an artist of revolution and transcended it. It was a work … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alexander Nevsky, Antonin Artaud, Artaud, Douglas Fairbanks, Eduard Tisse, Eisenstein, Gilles Deleuze, Ils Huygens, Karl Marx, Leni Riefenstahl, Potemkin, Richard Wagner, Russian cinema, Sergei Eisenstein, Sinclair Lewis, Soviet Cinema, Stalin, Trotsky, Wagner | Leave a comment

MYSTERY BEYOND THE GOLD RUSH

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dave

When one writes about Chaplin, discussion of a ”best” work inevitably results in his most ardent supporters agreeing to disagree in choosing his best feature length work or short film. Less contentious is the selection of a favorite example to … Continue reading →