Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Name: Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 5, 2016
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Elmer Bäck, Lisa Owen, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Stelio Savante

2016

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: February 5, 2016 | Not Rated

Starring: Elmer Bäck, Lisa Owen, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Stelio Savante

Summary: In 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, he vulnerablyIn 1931, at the height of his artistic powers, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein arrives at the city of Guanajuato. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, he vulnerably experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life. [Strand Releasing]… Expand

Director: Peter Greenaway

Genre(s): Biography, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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David Lewis

Mar 24, 2016

It’s a wild ride from beginning to end, thanks to a fearless performance from Finnish actor Elmer Back, who is a perfect match for Greenaway’s mischief. Read full review

James Mottram

Mar 30, 2017

Beautiful and bold, rebellious and riotous, its sexual frankness puts E.L. James in the shade. Read full review

John Hartl

Feb 18, 2016

Eisenstein in Guanajuato is an outrageous comic-erotic extravaganza that has more of a narrative arc than most Greenaway movies. Read full review

Ty Burr

Feb 18, 2016

A lot of this is naughty, overproduced egghead fun, and the scenes between Eisenstein and Canedo simmer with sexual tension. But too much is never enough for Greenaway, and while the leading men give bravura performances, the supporting cast is weak — Lisa Owen as Mrs. Upton Sinclair is actively dreadful — and the film’s hyperactivity ultimately wears you down. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Feb 2, 2016

Rigorous and outrageous, Greenaway's defiant approach to narrative only offers insight into his character, not Eisenstein's. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Feb 4, 2016

Greenaway's boundary-pushing, breathlessly in-your-face approach begins to take its toll on viewer patience. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 3, 2016

Fans of Greenaway’s work — a mix of the brainy, the controversial and the grotesque — won’t necessarily be surprised by any of this. They may, however, be disappointed at how little of it actually works. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

May 10, 2016

Eisenstein in Guanajuato is one of the following reasons why a trip to Mexico can be this dull and uninteresting after a week or two on Guanajuato (it's a city in Mexico for your information).

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