Six Star Excellence

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2000)

Bronenosets Potyomkin/Battleship Potemkin(1925) was made to comemorate the twentifth anniversary of the Russian Rebellion of 1905. It is the greatest silent film of all time as well as the greatest foreign film of all time. Its a political films with messages that support the idea of communism. The story takes place after the defeat at the hands of the Japanese Navy during Russia's war with Japan. The power of image takes place in this film espcially in the Odessa steps massacre. The use of montage is surpurb and the acting is very good. It contains one of the most famous scenes in the history of the cinema with the "Odessa Steps massacre". It would be borrowed from De Palma for The Untouchables(1987), and parodied for The Naked Gun 33.3(1991). It was recently restored after years of being cut due to the violent and sometimes bloody scenes depicted in the film. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the movie which is a reason to give this film special treatment to be released in the theatres as this is a movie that deserves it.