Battleship Potemkin at 100: how the Soviet film redrew the boundaries of cinema

Battleship Potemkin at 100: how the Soviet film redrew the boundaries of cinema

IMDBPeople crowd together in the sun. All smiles and waves. Joyous. Pandemonium erupts. Panic hits like a shockwave as those assembled swivel and bolt, spilling down a seemingly infinite flight of steps. Armed men appear at the crest, advancing with mechanical precision. We are pulled into the chaos, carried with the writhing mass as it surges downward. Images sear themselves on the retina. A child crushed underfoot. A mother cut down mid-stride…