 ¡Que Viva México! by Sergei Eisenstein Booking No. 25 $20/$16 Sunday 21 March, 8.30pm, Mechanics Institute catch tram Route 19 to Stop 21 
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To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution Brunswick classic films- with sound track composed and performed by Mike Cooper.
¡QUE VIVA MEXICO! Hollywood'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. 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. Many film-historians are convinced that ¡Que viva México! is one of Eisenstein's greatest films. ¡Que viva México! stood at the crossroads of Eisenstein's artistic development and at a crucial point in the evolution of the art of the cinema. Conceived as a gigantic tableau of Mexican life, the film is a startling portrayal of the dramatic interaction between the ancient Mayan civilisation and the Spanish conquistadores and the modernising mythology of the Mexican Revolution. View ¡Que Viva Mexico! Website | View Mike Cooper MySpace If you don't have QuickTime installed, follow
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