Episode 2 - Sergei Eisenstein's October and the Bolshevik revolution

Description
AgitProp is a podcast discussing Marxist approaches to art and culture. The show is written and performed by James Bell. In celebration of the centenary of the Bolshevik revolution, this episode looks at a masterpiece of Soviet cinéma — Sergei Eisenstein’s October — in detail. We’ll take a look at the history portrayed by Eisenstein, alongside the film’s context and its artistic technique.

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Contents:

Introduction [00:00:00]
Part one: From February to October [00:01:30]
Part two: The October controversy [00:49:27]
Part three: Eisenstein’s technique [01:02:31]
Part four: Approaching Eisenstein’s dialectic [01:13:21]
Part five: Marxism as Art [01:21:25]

Sub-sections within part one:

[i] February [00:03:55]
[ii] Dual power [00:11:21]
[iii] April Theses [00:17:10]
[iv] July [00:24:29]
[v] Counter-revolution [00:33:11]
[vi] October [00:41:15]

[Square brackets indicate timestamps within the recording. The format used is hh:mm:ss.]