July 23, 2008
Visually stunning.
Nikolai Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
A biography of the first czar of Russia was the final movie project of the great Sergei Eisenstein's life. It would be his undoing, as Stalin was not pleased with part II of this epic. But Ivan the Te...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 28, 1998
Stats: 133 reviews
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November 27, 2009*Eisenstein and Ivan! Amazing. And Barthes fasination with his beard is just as good!
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August 6, 2009Part one of what was supposed to be a three part series. The director died before he could finish part three (he shot scenes for it but odds are he would never have been allowed to finish it because the Russian government wasn't happy with part two.) Anyway, this movie follows ...( read more)
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July 3, 2009Sé que se supone que esté megaimpresionado con todas las cosas Eisenstein. Puedo decir que el tipo era un maestro estilizando sus tiros y generando una atmósfera épica... mas, como película, la encontré excesivamente teatral. Las actuaciones y la orquestación de muchas secuencias...( read more)
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December 16, 2008nikolai cherkasov was awesome in this movie. i love how expressive he was in his 'death scene' and the use of lighting and camera work is pretty impressive
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July 26, 2008I kind of want to kick my own ass for loving Russian epics. I know that I swim with the pretentious from day-to-day, but there is no way that I ever thought that I would really dig this movie.
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January 16, 2008of course in this film , Sergei M. Eisenstein
shows that first of all he is a huge filmmaker
please visit the page of the film , there is an interesting analysis by Horton -
July 6, 2007J'adore. Tres bon film. Long donc il faut etre dans une ambiance de renouveau. L'acteur est genial de plus qu'il est super difficille sur le plateau, ce qui cree une dynanique tout autre au film.
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June 9, 2007It's very good and it's easy to see why Eisenstein is important. I couldn't get into it much.
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