Eastern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Arsenal: as Soviet propaganda, film is surprisingly pacifist and innovative in use of montage
Alexander Dovzhenko, “Arsenal” (1928) Notable for its skilful use of montages of images to create
Eastern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
Alexander Dovzhenko, “Arsenal” (1928) Notable for its skilful use of montages of images to create
Sergei Eisenstein, “Alexander Nevsky” (1938) Unashamedly patriotic and stirring action-movie propaganda for the masses and
Martin Scorsese, “Taxi Driver” (1976) As a character study of a lonely and alienated man
Renny Harlin, “5 Days of War” aka “5 Days of August” (2011) Directed by Renny
Mitsuyo Seo, “Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors” (1945) Japan’s first full-length animated movie is a World
Australian and New Zealand Films
Robert Connolly, “Balibo” (2009) Imaginatively constructed as three stories that initially fit into one another
German and German-language Films
Oliver Hirschbiegel, “Downfall” (2004) This is an incredible and masterly fictional dramatisation of the last
Alan Lowery and John Pilger, “The War You Don’t See” (2010) Last night (Sunday, 10
James Cameron, “Aliens” (1986) Sequel to Ridley Scott’s “Alien”, this is a very different movie: