Monday, 28 December 2015

A play without a play

Glumov's Diary (1923)

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein this is a collection of inserts from an adaptation of the play of the same name. The scenes star Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Antonov and Mikhail Gomorov.

Watching these inserts by themselves it is pretty hard to work out any plot or connecting threat so in that sense this is not really a film, short or otherwise. Where the film has it's strengths is in some nice early special effects that show the start of the career of one of the masters of early Russian cinema. There is entertainment to be had here but only as a curiosity really.


2/5

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