简介：ThegreatRussianfilmdirectorSergeiEisenstein,whosePotemkin,AlexanderNevsky,andIvantheTerriblestandasmasterpiecesofworldcinema,isthesubjectofthiseccentricandpuzzlingproduction.ThoughbasedonmemoirsEisensteinwrotebeforehisdeathin1948,mostofthisfilmisbarelyadocumentaryatall,butratheracompositeofimages,manyofwhicharefascinatingandarresting.Eisensteinhimselfwasknownforstartlingandmemorableimages(perhapsthemostfamousofwhichistheshotofthebabycarriagerollingdownthestepsinPotemkin),somemorializinghimwithclipsfromhisownfilmsinterspersedwithreadingsfromhismemoirsseemssomewhatappropriate.Butthevoice-overinRussian(withEnglishsubtitles)isquitesparse,andattimestheimagesonscreen,whichincludeclipsfromBusterKeatonfilmsandHollywoodmusicalsfromthe1930s,areutterlymystifying..--RobertJ.McNamara…