Photo credit: Rodrigo González Olivares
Russian film archive to the Filmoteca UNAM. There, they selected three representative sections: SANDUNGA, MAGUEY and DAY OF THE DEAD; the resulting edition represents Eisenstein’s perception and vision, impregnated with the poetry, the luminosity, as well as the drama of the Mexican landscape. Sergei Eisenstein was a common writer over his creative processes. Allusions to sound and music to set what could have been ¡QUE VIVA MÉXICO! are described in travel stories, comments on photos, letters and memories that the author kept among his possessions. Inspired by this documents, the research El nacimiento de ¡Que Viva México! by Mexican academic Aurelio de los Reyes, and also considering the various editions of the film made over time, as well as Olivier Debroise’s reflection expressed in his film Un banquete en Tetlapayac, a score proposal was created by Mexican musician José María Serralde and his ensemble, resorting to the imaginary of the Mexican decades of 1920’s and 1930’s. The score integrates traditional music
fragments with quotes of passages by Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas, incorporating resources typical of Miguel Bernal Jiménez and Pablo Moncayo as well, contrasting them with Russian themes by Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. The presentation is possible thanks to the generous support of the International Federation of Film Archives and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), through the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation.
Iz Meksika: Muzika za Eisensteina (segmenti filma ¡Que viva México!) / From Mexico: Music for Eisenstein (Fragments of ¡Que viva México!)
Mexico, USSR, USA, 1931, Black & White, 58 min. Režija / Director: Sergei Mikhaylovich Eisenstein
MORELIA FILM FESTIVAL Nevrijeme / Tempest
Mexico, 2016, Colour, 105 min. Režija / Director: Tatiana Huezo Uloge / Cast: Miriam Carbajal, Adela Alvarado
Kroz jednu ličnu i emotivnu priču, ovaj film govori o parališućoj moći straha: straha kao bolesti koja osobu sprečava da zauzme stav o vlastitom životu i budućnosti svoje djece, koja podrezuje krila snovima i onemogućava lični razvoj. Through a subjective and emotional journey, this film conveys the paralysing power of fear: fear as a sickness that prevents you from taking a stand on your life, on the future of your children; which clouds your ability to dream and grow.
Nevrijeme / Tempest
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL / 12-20/08/2016 / www.sff.ba
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