"Reading Eisenstein Reading "Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4300562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Michelson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 26 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | October (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2870 • E-ISSN: 1536-013X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/778417 |
| OpenAlex | W2314876651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
We have always known that Eisenstein wished to make a film of Capital, and we now know that this was no mere wish. It was a project, carefully considered, intensively discussed, partially researched, tentatively planned. The diaristic evidence of October 1927 through April of the following year should initiate a new stage of inquiry into Soviet film theory and practice of the post-revolutionary era, sharpening and confirming speculative impulses hitherto constrained by the deliberate pace of posthumous publication.' Eisenstein's work is not alone in question; speculations of the widest range must now be extended or re-directed. Although one cannot, in this initial stage of reflection upon a crucial document, expect wholly to survey its contours or assess the order of its consequences, one may attempt to specify that crucial quality, situating this text within the historical moment articulated and inflected by the larger text of Eisenstein. The work notes are begun-to all intents and purposes, as we say-while he is editing October, commissioned in celebration of the Revolution's tenth anniversary, not ready for release until March 14, 1928. The entries continue through the aftermath of the release, when they are undoubtedly interrupted by the order to return to work on The General Line, begun prior to October, intercepted by that anniversary commission and resumed on June 20th. This film is completed, following some further interruption and critical re-orientation from Stalin, as The Old and the New, in February, 1929. And on August 19th, Eisenstein, charged-together with Tiss6 and Alexandrov-with the investigation of the new
Art · Capital (architecture · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1970 - 2026 (57) |
| Highly cited | No |