I think the key word for this film is CONTEXT. You need context to why people at one point voted this the greatest movie of all time. First know that this was made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Also know that its director, Sergei Eisenstein, is a fan of the montage theory of filmmaking. Basically, he believed that shots, instead of following a logical and sequential order (shot A leads to shot B leads to shot…

This is kind of going to be long and rambly. I loved this movie so much. Like it may be one of my new favorite movies ever. For information sake, I watched the 140 minute version, but just know there is a 4 hour version out there that has more subplots and things like that. It is also cinema legend that at one point there existed a 9 hour cut of this movie, but studio heads cut it up and…

For a movie almost 100 years old, this somehow still holds up. While being only 45 minutes long, it manages to tell two complete stories well. I also just learned that Keaton performed all his own stunts which is pretty wild since some intense shit happens like falling into a car. On a not I love the sequence where he follows the Sheikh. It's so well done and funny, and everything is perfect. The directing and editing is great as…

This is my second Orson Welles movie (the first is not the one you would expect) and I have to say this man is an absolute master at making movies. First of all the shots and cinematography is fantastic. From the opening long shot to the scene where Vargas destroys the bar are damn near perfect. All of the scenes with the characters show them cramped together, just like their intertwining storylines. Speaking of storylines, the plot is hella confusing.…