Description:Sergei Eisenstein's "Strike," with Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," mark the most outstanding cinematic debuts in the history of film. Triggered by the suicide of a worker unjustly accused of theft, a strike is called by the laborers of a Moscow factory. The managers, owner and the Czarist government dispatch infiltraSergei Eisenstein's "Strike," with Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," mark the most outstanding cinematic debuts in the history of film. Triggered by the suicide of a worker unjustly accused of theft, a strike is called by the laborers of a Moscow factory. The managers, owner and the Czarist government dispatch infiltrators in an attempt to break the workers unity. Unsuccessful, they hire the police and, in the film's most harrowing and powerful sequences, the unarmed strikers are slaughtered in a brutal confrontation. This edition of "Strike" is digitally remastered from a mint-condition 35mm print made from the original camera negative and features new stereo music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra.... (more)(less)
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Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Cast: Maksim Shtraukh, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, I. Ivanov
Story: In Russia's factory region during Czarist rule, there's restlessness and strike planning among workers; management brings in spies and external agents. When a worker hangs himself after being falsely accused of thievery, the workers strike."
Ruisperkele added this to a list 7 months, 2 weeks ago
"A fully impressive debut effort by Sergei Eisenstein, showcasing the gradual intensity of a workers' strike. Through its quick-paced editing, intricate shot composition, and typecast performances, the film expresses a unique, unbelievable level of unbridled creativity and merciless brutality; in my opinion, far more than Battleship Potemkin ever had.
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Mr. Saturn added this to a list 8 months, 4 weeks ago
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Strike is in an impressive first effort by Sergei Eisenstein, my favorite Soviet montage filmmaker. The editing and the filmmaking is inventive and energetic, but the humor is a little old hat; the story and the themes weren't powerful enough to make me think irrationally as much as the more eloquent films Battleship Potemkin, The Birth of A Nation, and Earth. Although the film somewhat held sway over my opinions, the cartoonish characters make the film a little unconvincing, especially to non-"
mightysparks added this to a list 10 months, 3 weeks ago
"15.4.
Ei mielestäni ihan yhtä vimmainen kuin Potemkin ja Lokakuu, mutta sisällöllisesti edellä mainittuja perusteellisempi elokuvataiteen suursaavutus. Propagandistisesta taustastaan huolimatta teosta voi pitää varteenotettavana kuvauksena yhteiskunnallisesta järjestyksestä ja väkivallasta yksilöitä kohtaan, tai vähintäänkin sosialistisesta ajattelutavasta. Itse lakkohan paisuu yhden ihmisen järkyttävästä ratkaisusta massiiviseksi tottelemattomuudeksi, johon yhteiskunta vasta"
"Hyvin tämä kertoo venäläisten työläisten oloista 1900-luvun alussa. Hieman on propagandan makua, mutta varsin realistisesti Lakko asiat selittää. Myös kameratyöskentely on aikalaisekseen varsin onnistunutta vaikka onkin vielä hieman alkeellista Eisensteinin myöhempiin elokuviin verrattuna."
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Mahtipontinen ja visuaalisesti komea elokuva, jossa sikariporras on jo niin limainen, että huomasin olevani heidän puolellaan tätä katsoessani."
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