Sergei Eisenstein's ¡Que viva México!
After being shunned in Hollywood, filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot his new film in this bold imagining of what was a significant turning point in Eisenstein’s life and career. 10th anniversary screening. Q&A to follow.
"Making use of extreme close-ups, split-screens and a dramatic montage—all to enact the transformation of a hero who presents himself as a tragic clown—Greenaway deliberately quotes and modifies Eisenstein’s own cinematic tools. Scene by scene the film gets closer to Eisenstein the man, who finds himself surprised by an unexpected desire" (Berlinale, 2015). [105 min; drama; English and Spanish with English subtitles]
A Q&A with Jeffrey Saletnik (Associate Professor, Art History) and Tim Bell (Senior Lecturer, Media School) will follow the screening.
"Infectiously inventive and outrageous." — David Brake, One Room With A View
"Beautiful and bold, rebellious and riotous, its sexual frankness puts E.L. James in the shade." — James Mottram, Total Film
"Greenaway's devotion and cinephilia shine through. A fascinatingly vehement and intense movie." — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
IU Cinema offers audience advisory resources for our patrons to determine their own content intake. However, this is a rare film, and available information is difficult to come by. As such, be advised that this film contains frank depictions of sexuality and full-frontal nudity.
