Eisenstein in Mexico

Film program at MuHKA_media

05.05.2009 — 25.05.2009 Lecture

Curated by Frank Van der Kinderen

Organised by Extra City en Muhka_media

Location:
MuHKA_media
Waalsekaai 47
BE-2000 Antwerpen

Part 1.  Eisenstein in Mexico
Films using material shot by Eisenstein in 1931/2 for his Mexican project.

05.05 20:00 'Un banquet en Tetlapayac', Olivier Debroise (Mexico, 2000)
11.05 20:00 'Time in the Sun', Sergei Eisenstein, Marie Seton (Mexico, 1939), 'Eisenstein’s visit to the Netherlands' (1929)
12.05 20:00 'Thunder over Mexico', S. Eisenstein, Sol Lesser (Mexico/US, 1932/34), 'Death Day', Sergei Eisenstein, Sol Lesser (Mexico, 1934)

Part 2.  Disney’s influence on Eisenstein
Eisentein was a great admirer of Disney: he was impressed by the early Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons and Disney’s first animated feature 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.

15.05 19:00 Lecture Oksana Bulgakowa on Eisenstein/Disney
16.05 16:00 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', Walt Disney (US, 1937)
20:00 'Aleksandr Nevski', Sergei Eisenstein (USSR, 1938)

Part 3.  Eisenstein’s influence on Mexican cinema
The visual style of '¡Que Viva México!' (although unfinished) inspired Mexican filmmakers in the 1930s and 40s. Film historians even make mention of an “Eisensteinian” current within Mexican cinema, of which the films made by director Emilio Fernández and his legendary cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa are the most representative.

17.05 20:00 'Flor Silvestre', Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1943)
20.05 20:00 'Maria Candelaria', Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1944)
23.05 20:00 'La Perla', Emilio Fernández (Mexico, 1948)
25.05 20:00 'Rio Escondido', Emilio Fernández (Mexico, Spain)

Language English

Sergei Eisenstein 03.04.2009—22.06.2009