Strike (1925)
Directed by Sergei
Eisenstein this Soviet propaganda film was the director's debut film.
Workers in a factory go on strike after a worker wrongly accused of
theft is over come with shame and hangs himself.
As with all propaganda
cinema you have to take the highly biased content of this film with a
rather large pinch of salt. In the opening parts of this film there
are some really nice use of image such as the repeated use of circles
to imply unity and solidarity but this is not really sustained
through out the film. There are some decent elements to this film but
as with many first efforts it is a director still trying to establish
a style.
3/5
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