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The Big Picture Famed director Michael Mann has recently joined fellow director Martin Scorsese and a host of other cinephiles to post his list of favorite films on Letterboxd, the "social network for film lovers." His is a diverse list, filled with films that are regular entries on favorite lists , foreign films , and Oscar winners . The list, as Mann himself adds, is "in no particular order," with one exception: 1925's Battleship Potemkin, his top selection.
Release Date December 21, 1925 Director Sergei Eisenstein Cast Aleksandr Antonov , Grigori Aleksandrov Runtime 77 minutes The Road to 'Battleship Potemkin' Begins in 1905 To truly understand the importance of Battleship Potemkin, it pays to have a little knowledge of the history behind it. The film depicts the events surrounding the mutiny aboard the Potemkin, an Imperial Russian Navy battleship in the Black Sea fleet, on June 27, 1905.
'Battleship Potemkin' Brings Insurrection to Vivid Life Close Battleship Potemkin is set in June 1905, a 74-minute film divided into five acts. In the first act, "Men and Maggots," two sailors on watch discuss how the crew needs to support the revolution taking place in Russia. Following their shift, the two men retire to their sleeping quarters, where an officer, inspecting the area, aggressively attacks a nearby sleeping sailor. An awakened Vakulinchuk from man to icon.
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