{"product_id":"sergei-eisensteins-que-viva-mexico-deluxe","title":"Sergei Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico! Deluxe","description":"Que Viva Mexico! Sergei Eisenstein Restored DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY film history  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Movie \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e Kino International (Kino Video) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 1979 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eSERGEI EISENSTEIN'S QUE VIVA MEXICO! DELUXE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRestored Masterwork\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving revolutionized film editing with masterpieces like POTEMKIN and STRIKE, Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein emigrated west to test the American film industry. Ostracized from Hollywood, Eisenstein, Grigory Alexandrov and photographer Eduard Tisse (at the urging of author Upton Sinclair) traveled to Mexico to film a highly stylized documentary exploring the people and volatile social climate of the country. A lack of funds prevented the film's completion and Eisenstein was unable to edit it. In 1979 Alexandrov, working from Eisenstein's notes and sketches, assembled a definitive version of the film that comes closest to the director's original vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blend of the ethnographic, the political, the scenic and the surreal, QUE VIVA MEXICO! remains a brilliant and influential work. With sequences devoted to the Edenic land of Tehuantepec, the savage majesty of the bullfight, the struggles of the noble peon and the hypnotic imagery of the Day of the Dead, QUE VIVA MEXICO! offers a vivid tapestry of Mexican life and stands alongside Eisenstein's other legendary works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included on this DVD are ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE (1930), an attempt to apply Soviet montage theories to sound and visual editing, and the remarkable rediscovery MISERY AND FORTUNE OF WOMAN (1929), a stirring dramatization of the plight of working-class women that helped promote safe ob\/gyn care in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupplemental Features Include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROMANCE SENTIMENTALE (20 min.)\u003cbr\u003e Eisenstein's early experiment in sound and image, created in collaboration with Alexandrov and Tisse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMISERY AND FORTUNE OF WOMAN (approx. 20 min. excerpt)\u003cbr\u003e An ultra-rare 1929 film by Eisenstein, Alexandrov and Tisse that uses Soviet montage to address women's health and social conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQUE VIVA CLIPPINGS\u003cbr\u003e A sampling of texts related to the production and release of QUE VIVA MEXICO!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCredits \u0026amp; Technical Information:\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Mexico\/Russia\/US\u003cbr\u003eYear(s): 1931 \/ 1979\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B\u0026amp;W, 85 min., 1.33:1\u003cbr\u003eDirected by: Sergei Eisenstein\u003cbr\u003eProduced by: Grigory Alexandrov\u003cbr\u003eCinematography: Eduard Tisse\u003cbr\u003eReconstructed by: Grigory Alexandrov and Nikita Orlov\u003cbr\u003eProduced for DVD by: Bret Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor DVD Player (North American NTSC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kino International (Kino Video)","offers":[{"title":"Used In Sleeve","offer_id":51328558465302,"sku":"130622","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/files\/202641192947461scan.jpg?v=1779240035","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/sergei-eisensteins-que-viva-mexico-deluxe","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}