The best silent film. Ever

Rating: Null/10 (13 June 2001)

Battleship Potemkin was given the hidden compliment of being banned from release within the UK until 1950, but it was still known for it's revolutionary editing technique, offering montage to new editors. Quite simply, it follows the heroes of the film in a way in which is still quite unique today.
The rebels are the good guys, and they fight the Czar with such audacity, and the film makes them rise as heroes, and there are so many symbols and metaphors within the film it is hard to believe it was made in the 1920's.
The Odessa stairs sequence must be one of the most well known parts of cinema history, but to truly appreciate it you must see it. Eisenstein's genius was well worked, and aside from political points, I would recommend it to any fan of the history of film and it's evolution.