Que Viva Mexico
by Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
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Actor: Grigori Aleksandrov, Mara Griy, Sergei BondarchukDirector: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Editor: Grigori Aleksandrov
Writer: Grigori Aleksandrov
Cinematographer: Eduard Tisse
Editor: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Writer: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Editor: Esfir Tobak
Producer: Hunter S. Kimbrough
Producer: Kate Crane Gartz
Producer: L?onard Rosenthal
Producer: Mary Craig Sinclair
Producer: Otto Kahn
Producer: S. Hillkowitz
Producer: Upton Sinclair
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Russian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
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Movie Review: Sergei Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico"
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1930, at the urging of American author Upton Sinclair, and after disagreements with Hollywood, Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein traveled to Mexico to film a movie about the country. Fascinated by what they saw, Eisenstein and his associates envisioned a pseudo-documentary/art film which expressed the deep contradictions and gaps between Hispanic and Indigenous Mexico. The film is visually stunning with characteristic Eisensteinian shots and mise-en-scene. Its powerful vision of Mexico would influence artists and filmmakers in Mexico for many decades after its filming, even despite the fact that the film was not edited and produced commercially until the 1970s. However, despite the stunning photography, social commentary, and mildly entertaining music, this film represents the petrification of Mexican cultural identity in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Fixated by the highly stylized images he produced, Mexican filmmakers and politicians would repeat the discourse his movie presents much to the detriment of indigenous Mexicans. It would be many years until Mexicans would challenge this identity and shake free of the monolithic identity Eisenstein's film inspired. However, regardless of the political ramifications of "Que Viva Mexico", its priceless images and unforgettable style make it a classic of Soviet and Mexican cinema, and as a cultural document of its time provides a compelling vision of how Mexico looked to foreign eyes in the 1930s.
Summary of Que Viva Mexico
Studio: Kino International Release Date: 04/03/2001 Run time: 85 minutesHollywood's loss was Mexico's gain, as this glorious documentary will attest. Having failed to realize several projects in Hollywood, Russian film pioneer Sergei Eisenstein trekked to Mexico with producer Grigory Alexandrov and cameraman Eduard Tisse, and the famous writer Upton Sinclair as beneficiary. Their budget quickly ran out, and the film was never properly completed, but Alexandrov carefully assembled this version of Que Viva Mexico! in 1979, and the result is one of the most beautiful documentaries ever made. Although it was later criticized for presenting a fantasized view of Mexican culture, this remains a stunning example of Eisenstein's ability to meld people, politics, and ritual into a richly cinematic experience. Celebratory, socially alert, and at times even surreal, the film displays all of Eisenstein's revolutionary techniques while proving that his narrative style could have flourished in Hollywood. Instead, this marvelous film stands as a testament to what might have been. --Jeff Shannon
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