{"product_id":"battleship-potemkin-re-issue","title":"BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin (DVD)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA film by John Sergei Eisenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1920s and 1930s, Soviet propaganda films profoundly influenced the emerging luminaries of British documentary filmmaking. Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was not seen in the UK until the momentous London Film Society screening in 1929, where it was double-billed with John Grierson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new restoration of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is presented with the 1926 Edmund Meisel score. Also included amongst the extensive special features is a newly remastered transfer of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which employs the original tinting and toning and features a newly commissioned score by innovative British composer\/performer Jason Singh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (John Grierson, 1929, 39 mins): Grierson's acclaimed film that follows a herring drifter, from departure in Scotland to market in East Anglia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGranton Trawler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (John Grierson, 1934, 11 mins): Grierson's follow up to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one of the GPO Film Unit's first experiments with sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrade Tattoo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Len Lye, 1937, 6 mins): celebratory animation made from off-cuts of EMB and GPO films, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNight Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNorth Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Harry Watt, 1938, 32 mins): dramatic reconstruction of sea farers battle with the elements, produced by the GPO Film Unit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSSR | 1925 | black and white with hand-coloured detail | silent, with Russian intertitles and English subtitles | 66 minutes | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Dolby Digital 5.1 (448kbps) and 2.0 stereo (320kbps) | Cert PG (contains moderate violence) | Region 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600834908334,"sku":"BFIV2100","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/battleship-potemkin-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409499","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/battleship-potemkin-re-issue","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}