Eisenstein in Guanajuato
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Synopsis
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
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 vulnerably experiences the ties between Eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life.
Peter Greenaway’s film explores the mind of a creative genius facing the desires and fears of love, sex and death through ten passionate days that helped shape the rest of the career of one of the greatest masters of Cinema.
“Fantastic!”
– The Dissolve
Reviews
“An eye-opening look at one of cinema’s most respected figures”
– Peter Debruge, Variety
“Outrageously unconventional… Wonderfully mind-boggling”
– Peter Debruge, Variety
Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR:
Peter Greenaway
WRITER:
Peter Greenaway
PRODUCER:
Bruno Felix
San Fu Maltha
Cristina Velasco
Femke Wolting
CAST:
Elmer Bäck
Luis Alberti
Maya Zapata
Film Specs
Country of Origin: Netherlands / Mexico / Finland / Belgium / France
Format: DCP/2.35/Color
Running Time: 105 minutes
Genre: Biography/Comedy/Romance
Rating: Not Rated
In English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Screenings
See this film at the following theaters:
- 06/06/15 Seattle Int’l Film Festival Seattle, WA
- 06/25/15 Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival San Francisco, CA
- 07/09/15 Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival Los Angeles, CA
- 07/10/15 Maine Int’l Film Festival Waterville, MN
- 07/12/15 Utah Film Center Salt Lake City, UT
- 07/23/15 Cinema Q Sie Film Center Denver, CO
- 07/25/15 QFest Rice University Media Ctr Houston, TX
- 09/10/15 AGLIFF/Polari Austin, TX
- 09/17/15 AFI Silver Theatre Silver Springs, MD
- 09/18/15 Cinema Diverse Palm Springs, CA
- 10/01/15 Fine Arts Int’l Film Festival San Juan, PR
- 10/02/15 Portland Queer Film Festival Portland, OR
- 10/04/15 AFI Silver Theater Silver Springs, MD
- 10/08/15 Tampa Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Tampa, FL
- 10/09/15 Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. Albuquerque, NM
- 10/09/15 O.C. Film Fiesta Santa Ana, CA
- 10/10/15 MiFo LGBT Film Fest. Miami & Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- 10/11/15 Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival Dayton, OH
- 10/15/15 Chicago Int’l Film Festival Chicago, IL
- 10/16/15 Louisville LGBT Film Festival Louisville, KY
- 10/21/15 The Loft Film Festival Tucson, AZ
- 10/23/15 Vermont Int’l Film Festival Burlington, VT
- 10/26/15 Newfest LGBT Film Fest (Opening Night!) New York, NY
- 11/05/15 St. Louis Int’l Film Festival St. Louis, MO
- 11/05/15 Virginia Film Festival Charlottesville, VA
- 11/13/15 Eckerd College Int’l Film Series St. Petersburg, FL
- 01/01/16 Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival Palm Springs, CA
- 02/05/16 Lincoln Plaza Cinemas New York, NY
- 02/05/16 Angelika Film Center & Cafe New York, NY
- 02/05/16 Laemmle’s Royal Theatre W. Los Angeles, CA
- 02/05/16 Laemmle’s Playhouse 7 Pasadena, CA
- 02/06/16 Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH
- 02/11/16 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Ctr. Buffalo, NY
- 02/11/16 Portland Int’l Film Festival Portland, OR
- 02/11/16 Time & Space Limited Hudson, NY
- 02/12/16 Miami Beach Cinematheque Miami Beach, FL
- 02/17/16 IndieEvents Sioux Falls, SD
- 02/19/16 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
- 02/19/16 CCA Cinematheque Santa Fe, NM
- 02/19/16 SIFF Cinema Seattle, WA
- 02/19/16 Brattle Theatre Boston, MA
- 02/19/15 Putnam Screening Room Keene, NH
- 02/24/16 UCB Int’l Film Series Boulder, CO
- 02/26/16 Lake Worth Playhouse Lake Worth, FL
- 03/01/16 Hallwall’s Contemporary Arts Ctr Buffalo, NY
- 03/04/16 Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market Washington, DC
- 03/04/16 Time & Space Limited Hudson, NY
- 03/04/16 Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Ctr. New Orleans, LA
- 03/04/16 Harkins Valley Art Cinema Tempe, AZ
- 03/10/16 Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland, OH
- 03/11/16 Cinema 21 Portland, OR
- 03/20/16 San Diego Latino Film Festival San Diego, CA
- 03/25/16 Roxie Cinema San Francisco, CA
- 04/01/16 Harris Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
- 04/10/16 Naro Expanded Cinema Norfolk, VA
- 04/16/16 Alamo Ritz Theater Austin, TX
- 05/06/16 Univ. of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI
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