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Eisenstein wrote it as a revolutionary propaganda film - which is a good thing because it's about ideas which help people find their freedom
He also made the film in a way to test out his montages
By the time the BBFC was asked to look at the film again, in 1954, silent films were no longer commercially viable and the film was therefore likely to appeal only to a very small and select audience. With its potential to cause political unrest diminished, especially after the death of Stalin in 1953, the film was finally classified X uncut (persons under 16 not admitted). Subsequently the film was reclassified PG uncut for a limited cinema re-release in 1987 and and is now acknowledged as a classic.
Political censorship of the cinema was most active during and between the world wars and declined rapidly after 1945.
The film was rejected when first submitted to the BBFC in September 1926, on the grounds that films should not address issues of 'political controversy' and that Potemkin's pro-Revolutionary message was therefore unacceptable for classification. The BBFC's Annual Report for 1926 mentions that the film was rejected for "inflammatory subtitles and Bolshevist Proaganda". According to The Times, screenings of the film in Berlin had already led to unrest and a censorship battle between left wing supporters of the film and right-wing efforts to have it banned.
He was a pioneering silent film maker of the Soviet Union, he devised a theory of Montage which was about ways one can make films - he wrote about 5 ways to use Montages and in Battleship Potemkin he liked to use , which focused on making the clips to convey an emotional response from the viewer - in this case he wanted people to feel sorry for the sailors and angry at the people they're fighting
He's directed films such as
Ivan the Terrible
Que viva Mexico
Alexander Nevsky
The General Line
Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping (as I. Bobrov)
Commander Golikov
Part 1: Men and Maggots: The sailor people are served some rotten meat and they aren't happy about it
Part 2: Drama on the Deck: The sailors mutiny and kill Mr Vakulinchuk
Part 3: A Dead Man Calls for Justice: The people who live in nearby Odessa mourn the man
Part 4: The Odessa Staircase: The famous scene with the soldiers going down the stairs and killing everyone
Part 5: The Rendez-Vous with a Squadron: Where the group of men set out to kill these Mutiny soldiers, decide to instead join their Mutiny
Following the BBFC's rejection of the film, Potemkin was submitted to the London County Council and Middlesex County Council for certificates for local screenings. However, the film was rejected by both councils, officially because of its violence. It was remarked by some at the time that, had violence been the real problem, cuts could have been made. Moves to submit the film to other local authorities were halted after the film's distributors were visited by the Metropolitan Police. Eventually the film was screened privately (for the Film Society) in 1929 and was subsequently screened a number of times, usually at private performances, during the 1930s.
He's quite an important character, he was a Ukrainian soldier who voted in favour of the Mutiny and then was killed. I think.
Grigory Vakulinchuk