Eisenstein in Mexico
Film programme at MuHKA_media
5 – 25 May 2009
MuHKA_media
Waalsekaai 47, BE-2000 Antwerp
Part 1. Eisenstein in Mexico
Films using material shot by Eisenstein in 1931/2 for his Mexican project.
| 05.05 | 20:00 | Un banquet en Tetlapayac, Olivier Debroise (Mexico, 2000) |
| 11.05 | 20:00 |
Time in the Sun, Sergei Eisenstein, Marie Seton (Mexico, 1939) Eisenstein’s visit to the Netherlands (1929) |
| 12.05 | 20:00 |
Thunder over Mexico, S. Eisenstein, Sol Lesser (Mexico/US, 1932/34) Death Day, Sergei Eisenstein, Sol Lesser (Mexico, 1934) |
Part 2. Disney’s influence on Eisenstein
Eisentein was a great admirer of Disney: he was impressed by the early Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons and Disney’s first animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
| 15.05 | 19:00 | Lecture Oksana Bulgakowa on Eisenstein/Disney |
| 16.05 |
16:00 20:00 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney (US, 1937) Aleksandr Nevski, Sergei Eisenstein (USSR, 1938) |
Part 3. Eisenstein’s influence on Mexican cinema
The visual style of Que Viva México (although unfinished) inspired Mexican filmmakers in the 1930s and 40s. Film historians even make mention of an “Eisensteinian” current within Mexican cinema, of which the films made by director Emilio Fernández and his legendary cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa are the most representative.
| 17.05 | 20:00 | Flor Silvestre, Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1943) |
| 20.05 | 20:00 | Maria Candelaria, Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1944) |
| 23.05 | 20:00 | La Perla, Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1948) |
| 25.05 | 20:00 | Rio Escondido, Emilio Fernández (Mexico, Spain) |
Organized by Frank Van der Kinderen.
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