Thu November 20, 2014
Amerikanka (Leo Esakya; USSR, 1930)
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We are delighted to partner with Gosfilmofond to showcase a number of the archival gems that film historian Sergei Kraprerev has helped rediscover, including the stylistically original Amerikanka. Set in the revolutionary period and filmed at an underground printing shop in Moscow, Leo Esakya’s film foregrounds mechanical objects such as typewriters and printing presses along with typographic materials, using them in symbolic ways to advance the narrative. The film also displays distinctive cinematography by Mikhail Gal’per and Sergei Zabozlaev, who went on to work in documentary. As Kraprerev has observed, “Amerikanka is one of those archival surprises which still await film scholars and film fans.”
• Written by Giorgi Mdivani, Viktor Shklovsky, Giorgi Sturua. Photographed by Mikhail Gal’per, Sergei Zabozlaev. With Zagaria Berishvili, Arkadi Khintibidze, Aleksandr Gromov, Giorgi Mdivani.
(76 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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(The Jobbing Press)
We are delighted to partner with Gosfilmofond to showcase a number of the archival gems that film historian Sergei Kraprerev has helped rediscover, including the stylistically original Amerikanka. Set in the revolutionary period and filmed at an underground printing shop in Moscow, Leo Esakya’s film foregrounds mechanical objects such as typewriters and printing presses along with typographic materials, using them in symbolic ways to advance the narrative. The film also displays distinctive cinematography by Mikhail Gal’per and Sergei Zabozlaev, who went on to work in documentary. As Kraprerev has observed, “Amerikanka is one of those archival surprises which still await film scholars and film fans.”
• Written by Giorgi Mdivani, Viktor Shklovsky, Giorgi Sturua. Photographed by Mikhail Gal’per, Sergei Zabozlaev. With Zagaria Berishvili, Arkadi Khintibidze, Aleksandr Gromov, Giorgi Mdivani.
(76 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
Imported Print!
(The Jobbing Press)
We are delighted to partner with Gosfilmofond to showcase a number of the archival gems that film historian Sergei Kraprerev has helped rediscover, including the stylistically original Amerikanka. Set in the revolutionary period and filmed at an underground printing shop in Moscow, Leo Esakya’s film foregrounds mechanical objects such as typewriters and printing presses along with typographic materials, using them in symbolic ways to advance the narrative. The film also displays distinctive cinematography by Mikhail Gal’per and Sergei Zabozlaev, who went on to work in documentary. As Kraprerev has observed, “Amerikanka is one of those archival surprises which still await film scholars and film fans.”
• Written by Giorgi Mdivani, Viktor Shklovsky, Giorgi Sturua. Photographed by Mikhail Gal’per, Sergei Zabozlaev. With Zagaria Berishvili, Arkadi Khintibidze, Aleksandr Gromov, Giorgi Mdivani.
(76 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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(The Jobbing Press)
We are delighted to partner with Gosfilmofond to showcase a number of the archival gems that film historian Sergei Kraprerev has helped rediscover, including the stylistically original Amerikanka. Set in the revolutionary period and filmed at an underground printing shop in Moscow, Leo Esakya’s film foregrounds mechanical objects such as typewriters and printing presses along with typographic materials, using them in symbolic ways to advance the narrative. The film also displays distinctive cinematography by Mikhail Gal’per and Sergei Zabozlaev, who went on to work in documentary. As Kraprerev has observed, “Amerikanka is one of those archival surprises which still await film scholars and film fans.”
• Written by Giorgi Mdivani, Viktor Shklovsky, Giorgi Sturua. Photographed by Mikhail Gal’per, Sergei Zabozlaev. With Zagaria Berishvili, Arkadi Khintibidze, Aleksandr Gromov, Giorgi Mdivani.
(76 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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