Reel after Seemingly Needless Reel
Tony Wood: Eisenstein in Mexico, 3 December 2009
In Excess: Sergei Eisenstein’s Mexico
by Masha Salazkina.
Chicago, 221 pp., £27.50, April 2009,978 0 226 73414 9 Show More
by Masha Salazkina.
Chicago, 221 pp., £27.50, April 2009,
“... investigation into the origins of the project, El nacimiento de ‘¡Que Viva México!’ (2006). Masha Salazkina’s In Excess rereads the film against its Mexican backdrop, situating Eisenstein’s project within the artistic and anthropological discussions of the time. The idea of making a film in Mexico came after a period of frustration and failure ... ”
