The DVD release of this film will bring a far wider audience . . .

Rating: Null/10 (12 December 1999)

which is a good thing. Professional film critics detail the significance of Battleship Potemkin far better than I can.
Speaking for myself, Eisenstein seems to compose the film as if it were a photo-mosaic. He lays the images down to construct an entire canvas. I was reminded of the intricacy and deftness of the brush strokes in the best work of Cezanne: different medium, same emotional effect.