Product Description: Presents, in a concise form, a selection of Sergei Eisenstein's significant writings. The texts, drawn from the BFI's Selected Works of Eisenstein, address subjects including sound, film language, and his theories of montage. This reader provides an accessible introduction to Eisenstein's work...read more

Product Description: This is the first ever complete edition in English of Eisenstein's memoirs, superbly translated from the newly established definitive Russian text by William Powell and annotated by Richard Taylor, the worlds leading authority on Soviet Cinema.

Product Description: The Russian film-maker Sergei Eisenstein intended to present the history of the notorious Ivan IV of Russia in three parts, but he had difficulty reconciling his own vision of the film with the sensitive political requirements of the Russian Ministry of Cinematography...read more

Product Description: Book by Eisenstein, Sergei

Product Description: Book by Eisenstein, Sergei

The pioneering Russian film director whose productions have included 'Potemkin' and 'Ivan the Terrible' recounts the story of his life

Sergei Eisenstein's greatness lies not only in his films, such as Potemkin or Ivan the Terrible, or his contributions to the technique and art of the cinema but also in his contributions as a theoretician and philosopher of the art. This edition includes a new translation of Eisenstein's essay on Orozco. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Twelve essays by one of the most influential contributors to modern film theory and practice deal with central aspects of his film aesthetics and of his analysis of the sound-film medium (view table of contents)