Ten days that shook the world quotes showing 115 of 15 so, with the crash of artillery, in the dark, with hatred, and fear, and reckless daring, new russia was being. While the mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates the palace. Ten days that shocked the world talks about american journalist and socialist john reed experience in russia during october revolution and bolsheviks seizer. October ten days that shook the world wexner center. Short segment from sergei eisensteins film that demonstrates the intellectual or overtonal montage. October ten days that shook the world the loft cinema. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders closely during his time in russia. Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 october revolution. It is not a mere enumeration of facts, nor a collection of documents, but a succession of scenes from life, so typical that any participant in the revolution.
The film itself chronicles the buildup and catharsis of the october revolution. The insight of the author, his perspective and his experience is detailed and studied. Desyat dney kotorye potryasli mir is a 1928 soviet silent historical film. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in petrograd in november 1917, when lenin and the bolsheviks finally seized. Ten days that shook the world marxists internet archive. On september 11, 2001 or 911 as it is popularly known 19 men shook the world in two hours when they hijacked commercial airlines and crashed them into the pentagon and the world trade centre. October ten days that shook the world 1927 release.
Better known as october andor ten days that shook the world this sergei eisenstein classic recreates the final days of the soviet revolution. Ten days that shook the world 1928 directed by sergei eisenstein, grigori alexandrov. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 october revolution commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the event. These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place, and whose effects were felt. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917 which reed experienced firsthand. By late october, the bolsheviks are ready to strike. Featuring an introduction and postfilm panel discussion with professor douglas weiner. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders, especially grigory zinoviev and karl radek, closely during his time in russia. Movie dvds, mp4 video downloads, mpg videos on usb flash drives. Desyat dney kotorye potryasli mir is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. Home october ten days that shook the world october ten days that shook the world last shown thu 12 oct 2017 at 18. Ten days that shook the world 1928 published march 30, 2017 by alex sorondo. And in 1928, eisenstein was met with his harshest criticism yet, upon the release of october.
Ten days that shook the world was the title john reed gave his remarkable book. These days, vladimirs been shunted into a tomb not far from the kremlinwall resting place of the american journalist john reed, whose sensational, eyewitness account of the revolution, ten days that shook the world, is being dramatised, daily. Eisenstein is often considered to be the father of montage. Tracing the social as well as political antecedents to the events of october, the volume outlines the gradual political. October ten days that shook the world 1928 movie youtube. The great film director sergei eisenstein based his film october ten days that shook the world on the american reporters work. Deset dni, ktere otasly svetem sovetsky nemy film o velke rijnove socialisticke revoluci z roku 1917 rezirovany sergejem. Beginning in february of 1917, a group of revolutionaries tears down the statue of tsar nicholas, the last emperor of russia. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917, which reed experienced firsthand. Ten days that shook the world 1928 leave a reply one of the first things you have to get out of the way when talking about this film is that its not a realistic depiction of russias revolutionary year of 1917. Commissioned by the soviet government to commemorate the tenth anniversary of that revolution, the film was originally released in 1928 as oktober in the soviet union, and later internationally as ten days that shook the world, borrowing from john reeds well. Watch october ten days that shook the world 1928 full movie with english subtitles.
Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. Librivox recording of ten days that shook the world, by john reed. He is noted in particular for his silent films strike 1924, battleship potemkin 1925 and october. Ten days that shook the world is a compendium of eyewitness reporting and translated except for some illustrations source materials from this pivotal point in the russian revolution. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film on the 1917 october revolution directed by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. The new hd version of eisensteins epic october is a testament to the restored films ability to retain the spirit of the ten days that shook the world, despite its philistine truncation. In ten days that shook the world john reed conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. Behold sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrovs acclaimed dramatization of the russian revolution that unfolded in october of 1917. Ten days that shook the world chapter iv the fall of the provisional government. October ten days that shook the world a film epic about the. Days that shook the world is a british documentary television series that premiered on bbc two on 17 september 2003 and lasted for three series. Featuring more than 3,200 shots over 103 minutes, this constructivist poster come to life focuses on events in petrograd from the end of the monarchy in february of 1917 to the end of the provisional government.
Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent film film by grigori aleksandrov and sergei eisenstein. Presented in documentary style, this 1928 soviet silent film recreates the events in petrograd, beginning. Resources are listed for further exploration of the topic. October ten days that shook the world 1928 russian film with. Ten days that shook the world is a 1928 soviet silent historical film by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov. Lets face it, a movie like october, ten days that shook the world, sergei eisensteins propagandistic account of the 1917 russian revolution and the events leading up to it, is never going to appeal to a mainstream movie fan. A visually innovative world cinema classic, eisensteins october depicts the events that led up to the 1917 russian revolution and founding of the soviet state.
Reeds account was romantic, partisan and intensely personal. Until further notice, the university of arizona, in accordance with the guidelines recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention, encourages all employees to work remotely. It presents a wonderfully vivid and forceful description of the first days of the october revolution. Each 60 minute episode explores either one or two significant events from history through a combination of dramatisation, archive footage, and. Usa 2 november 1928 new york city, new york mexico 16 june 1929.
Its official status meant that eisenstein had great resources to hand as he recreated iconic events such as the storming of the. October is a supreme example of how an insurrectionary political will might be combined with an equally radical aesthetic program, and is being presented on the centenary of the ten days that shook the world. Russian, english, french, german, spanish, portuguese, italian, dutch a film epic about the 1917 revolution in petrograd. John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of the few americans buried at the kremlin wall. Review by alex miller john reeds classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 isnt an attempt at largescale dispassionate historical analysis, but an eyewitness account of the bolsheviks rise to power penned on the spot or shortly afterwards by a sympathetic us socialist. Sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world 1928 open.
Commissioned by the soviet authorities in 1928, ten days that shook the. A day that shook the world recalls the days of the 20th century that proved to be eradefining and pivotal in the course of modern history. The book was penned by john reed, a socialist journalist from the united states, who was the subject of the warren beatty movie, reds. Buy ten days that shook the world penguin classics new edition by reed. Ten days that shook the world is fizzy and fast, but never.
By this time, in the light that streamed out of all the winter palace windows, i could see that the first two or three hundred men were red guards, with only a few scattered soldiers. Ten days that shook the world 1928 directed by sergei eisenstein and grigori aleksandrov with musical score by dmitri shostakovich. Sergei eisensteins ten days that shook the world 1928. October was commissioned to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the october revolution. Australia brazil canada china france germany india italy japan. Eisensteins ten days that shook the world screens in l. Produced in 1927 by a group of soviet filmmakers led by sergei eisenstein, for the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, this film dramatizes the events of october, 1917 with the greatest possible realism october was one of two films commissioned by the soviet. Ten days that shook the world by john reed librarything. Eisenstein was commissioned by the young government to create a cinematic celebration of the bolshevik revolutions 10th anniversary. After a few minutes huddling there, some hundreds of men, the army seemed reassured and without any orders suddenly began again to flow forward. While the mensheviks vacillate, an advance guard infiltrates. After the first fifteen minutes of october had baffled the shit out of me i decided to pause it and read up on the october revolution and about russias disastrous performance in world war i.
Stream more russian and soviet movies at russian film hub. Ten days that shook the world by john reed goodreads. With boris livanov, nikolay popov, vasili nikandrov, layaschenko. Ten days that shook the world, 95 minutes in length, is being screened on the exact 100th anniversary of the. This lecture analyses the causes and consequences of the september 11 attacks, critically examining the idea that islam and the west are in conflict.
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