Eisenstein in Guanajuato

"Eisenstein in Guanajuato" tells the story of a strange period of time spent in Mexico by Sergei Eisenstein, the father of the world's montage.The film is quite experimental and visually impactful. It is the pinnacle of British director Peter Greenevil and was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival.In 1931, Soviet director Sergey Eisenstein (Elmer Bäck) went to Guanajuato to shoot his new film "Long Live Mexico".There, he was exposed to a brand new culture and the attitude of local civilization towards death, and also discovered another self.In a foreign land with joy and danger, he began to reevaluate his motherland and the social system under Stalin's rule."The Ten Days That Shocked Eisenstein", the film Eisenstein described his experience in Guanajuato in this way. This sentence is summarized from Eisenstein's classic movie "The Ten Days That Shocked the World", a silent film about the October Revolution in Russia.In this film, the audience can feel Eisenstein's adventure in Guanajuato as stormy as the October Revolution.Although there are only ten days of story, the film uses exaggerated editing to sort out Eisenstein's film achievements and personal experiences, connecting the master's legendary life. It is undoubtedly a bold and pioneering image attempt in the biographical movie.