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[16+] Eisenstein In Guanajuato
Inspired by the challenges of his life, a Soviet aspiring filmmaker, travels to Mexico, where he plans for shooting a new film, but he faces many challenges and the refusal of Hollywood.
24 April 1970, Cape Town, South Africa
18 October 1981, Finland
24 March 1887, Smith Center, Kansas, USA
April 22, 2016
Eisenstein in Guanajuato certainly bursts out with a picaresque energy and voluminous scale that is as impressive as anything Greenaway has made in a long time.
April 15, 2016
Formally dazzling, emotionally empty.
November 30, 2016
Greenaway's film suffers from an ability to reign in its own excess.
April 17, 2016
It's never quite as funny or stylistically insightful as it thinks.
March 03, 2016
Fans of Greenaway's work - a mix of the brainy, the controversial and the grotesque - won't necessarily be surprised by any of this. They may, however, be disappointed at how little of it actually works.
May 06, 2016
The main character preferences, in the creative process of the portrait that builds Greenaway, is anything but conventional. [Full review in Spanish]
April 11, 2016
A messy, hectic, fitfully amusing film-nerd farce.
February 18, 2016
This interpretation may not be strictly factual, but it's a persuasive narrative and it brings out the strongest instincts in Greenaway, whose most popular movie remains "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
February 18, 2016
The film's hyperactivity ultimately wears you down. Is it possible to give a movie Ritalin? "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" makes you want to try.
March 03, 2016
Greenaway's madcap style involves quick cuts, scenes changing from black and white to color, split-screen effects and eye-popping visuals that tend to overwhelm. The effect is initially giddy but it ultimately wears the viewer down.
March 23, 2016
To be sure, Greenaway's sensibilities may not be for everyone, but in the years to come, this is an artist whose work will be studied. It's a pleasure seeing him come out to play.

