Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Vsevolod Pudovkin


Vsevolod Pudovkin



Was was born in the Russian Empire and was a successful  writer and actor and became a film director. He was influenced by the styles of D.W. Griffith, Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein, who played a role in his unique cinematography.
A head shot of Vsevolod Pudovkin.

Pudokin was one of the pilots of the theories of action pact montages, in films which are used to tell a short anecdote, to create an emotional effect.


video clip of his film ''mother'' (1926)




Pudovkin’s work is usually compared to Sergei Eisenstein’s work. However, Eisenstein’s work is more notable to a wider demographic, unlike Pudokin’s, that is created on a more personal level, such as; Mother (1926), he was the director and an actor in the film, what is about the hardship of woman through the Russian revolution in 1905, in the current ruling of the tsar. 

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