Bezhin Meadow : Sergei Eisenstein

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I thought The General Line [1931] is the only movie Eisenstein had applied stills and added a graceful rendition to the Slide film list. But Bezhin Meadow [1937/1964] had reached its pinnacle of precision to uphold the new form of cinema in the art history.




These two pairs of intertitles are enough for getting the thematic essence of Mr. Eisenstein Bezhin Meadow [1937/1964].




 

The production history and recreation of the film in the midst of Soviet sanctions and world war are as good as pivotal as its narrative and artistic formation and preservation. Are there any other movies whose are suffered such kind of blockage during its making? Maybe there are!

 

There was sharp censorial procedure to bring out the film that goes against the ruling power or majority feelings. Today I have come to know that Sudipto Sen’s The Kerala Story [2023] have been banned some states in India whereas Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kasmir Files [2022] had been applauded all over though both of them are centered around controversial issues and sensitive feelings of Muslim community.

 

On the other hand, sometimes the reactionary parties have taken some fictional feature loosely based on actual event for granted as a propaganda films. The sources and intentions of the filmmakers are mixed up with the conspiracy theories and crisis of the national images and security. Thus, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Shonibar Bikel had been banned in Bangladesh since 2019 and  Hansal Mehta’s Faraaz [2022] are celebrated on streaming platfrom which are based on the same incident of July 2016 Dhaka attack over mass killing by ISIS. But who will decide which one is aesthetically rich and which one is nudging the misconception and aggression in the public feelings.

 

Bezhin Meadow [1937/1964]

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Russian, USSR




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