Battle Ship Potemkin Essay, Research Paper
Battleship Potemkin
The silent film Battleship Potemkin
started off on a high, the sailors refusing
to eat the meat and soup they were served
because it was covered with maggots, for
some reasoned really captured my attention.
The setting was on a large ship that
showed us many areas, so it was not focused
on one area, they showed the galley where
the sailors eat, and they showed the
sleeping quarters and the main deck. The
also went off land which added a special
touch to the film for there was actual
footage of a country.
When the oppression began it was strange,
for it went from the sailors who didn?t eat,
getting there soup stolen to having towns
people getting killed babies falling down
stairs and solders shooting everything in
there paths.
It was interesting to see the towns
people walk by the coffin of the dead sailor
and pay their respects to a person they do
not know.
The casting was well done as said in the
notes, some of the actors were picked to
look the part but a lot were just regular
sailors and that added a special touch to
it, you saw strong body instead of little
scrawny bodies.
It was nice to see tricks being done,
meaning stunts. I enjoyed seeing the sailors
jump off the ship to go rescue the other
sailor it added a special touch.
I must say that he movie was a little
strange but in general I would recommend it
for it technique, different settings and
actors.