Que Viva Mexico
Also known as Hurray Mexico!
Silent film · 88 min · dir. Sergei Eisenstein
- Documentary
Synopsis
Unedited film that Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov and Eduard Tisse shot in Mexico 1931-32. This record only represents the 200,000-plus feet of unedited film that Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov and Eduard Tisse shot in Mexico 1931/32 for Mary and Upton Sinclair and three American co-financiers. It was Eisenstein's vision to end up with movie about Mexico in six parts called "Calavera", "Sandunga", "Maguey", "Fiesta", "Soldadera", and "Epilogue". The project was canceled before…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Cinematography
- Grigoriy Aleksandrov
- Studio
- The Mexican Picture Trust
- Released
- 1932-12-31
- Original title
- ¡Que Viva Mexico!
- Running time
- 88 minutes
Cast & crew
Sergei Eisenstein Director
Sara García
Raúl de Anda
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The Poem that is Mexico · BoogiePiano · 2017-11-25
Wow a modern Fairy Tale told by a master. Eisenstein's direction and and the camera work reminded me of a tango....soft and hard, at times slow and then fast....just lovely, dramatic, romantic, tragic and lyrical. The images of everything flow together in such a poetic way that landscape, cacti, animals and faces meld in a surreal and yet very human way. A GREAT film. Thank you
★★★★★ · the shot that started it all · altair7 · 2009-03-29
this obscure volley of images from eisenstein's exploration of mexico and its people in the thirties is the foundation of every western ever made. watch this film and it will look curiously familiar.
★★★★★ · AWESOME FEATURE · KWYJIBO_MEX · 2010-04-19
RECENTLY, I HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE THIS MOVIE, AND I REALLY LIKE, BEAUTIFUL. I SAW THIS AND ANOTHER FILMS ON A CINEMA IN QUERETARO, QRO,AS A PART OF A RUSSIAN FILM FEST.
★★★★★ · amazing. · nighthouse66 · 2010-09-06
some of the most amazing indigenous footage i have ever seen. a truly gorgeous portrait. it is amazing that this is in the public domain, as so many frames are in themselves works of art. gorgeous footage of bullsfighters- i loved the part where the toreador is getting wound into his costume. almost archetypal in its portrayal of woman, and fascinating juxtapositions with the faces of native mexicans with mayan/aztec statuary. a must.
