October

by Richard Taylor

Overview

Richard Taylor asks to what extent the film can lay claim to 'authentic' history. He then examines 'October''s relationship to the politics of the period and explains the theory and its application, as well as placing 'October' in the wider context of Eisenstein's career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851709161
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/26/2002
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	97
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 7.19(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Richard Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Swansea University, Wales, UK. His previous publications include Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia & Nazi Germany (1998), The Battleship Potemkin (2001) and October in the BFI Film Classics series (2002). He is founding editor of the KINO Series.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments and Note on Versions of 'October'	6
	'October'	8
	Notes	81
	Credits	86
	Bibliography	87