Read the following passage and answer question. The matter of adaptation of literary or theatrical works to the Cinema has been taken for granted by most early filmmakers including – not the least among them – Sergei Eisenstein. The Lessons With Eisenstein, as recorded by one of his students, Vladimir Nizhny, are, in fact, lessons […]
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Match List – I (Films) with List – II (Directors). List I (Films) List II (Directors) (a) October (i) Orson Welles (b) Teen Kanya (ii) Akira Kurusawa (c) Citizen Kane (iii) Sergei Eisenstein (d) Seven Samurai (iv) Satyajit Ray Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (C)
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The well known sequence ‘Odessa Steps’ appears in: (A) Mother (B) War and Peace (C) Battleship Potemkin (D) Diary of a Country Priest Correct Ans: (C) Explanation: The ‘Odessa Steps’ sequence appears in the film Battleship Potemkin, directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1925. This scene is famous for its dynamic use of editing. Eisenstein uses
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