Eisenstein Rediscovered

Edited by Ian Christie and Richard Taylor

London and New York Contents

Illustrations ix Notes on contributors xi General editors' preface xv Acknowledgements xvii Note on transliteration and translation ixx Introduction: rediscovering Eisenstein 1 Ian Christie

I Eisenstein studies today: text and context 1 Arguments and ancestors 33 Naum Kleiman

2 Jay Leyda and Bezhin Meadow 41 David Stirk and Elena Pinto Simon

3 Eisenstein's early films abroad S3 Kristin Thompson 4 Recent Eisenstein texts 64 Introduction: Eisenstein at La Sarraz 64 Richard Taylor Imitation as mastery 66 Some personal reflections on taboo 71 Sergei Eisenstein

II Eisenstein's roots 5 Eisenstein and Russian Symbolist culture: an unknown script of October 79 Yuri Tsivian viii Contents

6 Eisenstein's theatre work 110 Robert Leach 7 Eisenstein's Pushkin project 126 Hdkan Lovgren 8 Eisenstein and Shakespeare 140 N. M. Lary 9 Graphic flourish: aspects of the art of mise-en-scene 151 Arun Khopkar

III The practice of theory 10 Eisenstein as theoretician: preliminary considerations 167 Edoardo G. Grossi 11 The essential bone structure: mimesis in Eisenstein 177 Mikhail Yampolsky 12 Eisenstein and the theory of 'models'; or, how to distract the spectator's attention 189 Myriam Tsikounas 13 Eisenstein and the theory of the photogram 200 Francois Albera 14 The frame and montage in Eisenstein's 'later' aesthetics 211 Michael O'Pray Notes 219 Index 255 Illustrations

Frontispiece: Eisenstein as a child i 1 Shooting Potemkin xx 2 A discarded scene from 7 3 Meisel's score for The 10 4 A screen-test for Ivan the Terrible Part 3 13 5 Eisenstein in Mexico 21 6 "The Death of King Duncan' drawing 22 7 "The Building to be Built' diagram 26 8 'Les Dons' drawings 28 9 Eisenstein at La Sarraz 37 10 Rehearsing Die Walkure 38 11 Directing Vitya Kartashov in Bezhin Meadow 47 12 Directing the grandmother in Bezhin Meadow 47 13 Tisse filming Bezhin Meadow 48 14 Soviet Potemkin box-office announcement 54 15 German publicity for October 61 16 'Makes people jealous!' 72 17 Ivan the Terrible 74 18 The Provisional Government in October 83 19 Uzume and Christ in October 89 20 Jump-cut in October 91 21 Sailor in October 93 22 Erotic metaphor in October 94 23 Kerensky in October 99 24 The peacock in October 99 25 Tsar's portrait in October 100 26 Chamber-pot in October 100 27 The Tsar as huntsman in October 101 28 The Mexican 111 29 Wise Man 113 30 Gas Masks 116 31 Eisenstein, Tretyakov and Mei-Lan-fan 121 x Illustrations

32 Drawing for The Love of a Poet 132 33 Yuri Tynyanov 136 34 The Last Judgement mural from Ivan Part 3 138 35 Bartholomew Fair stage design 141 36 Lady Macbeth costume design 145 37 'The Death of King Duncan' drawing 149 38 Vsevolod Meyerhold 158 39 Ivan the Terrible shooting diagram 163 40 Eisenstein with LEF group members 171 41 Eisenstein meets Mickey Mouse 175 42 Eisenstein in a Mexican museum 183 43 'Day of the Dead' in Que Viva Mexico! 188 44 Workers in The Strike 191 45 The quarterdeck of the Potemkin 193 46 The standard-bearer in October 196 47 Collage by Eisenstein 201 48 Ballet mecanique 205 49 Impatience 209 50 Ivan the Terrible 216