''Eisenstein'' is a 2000

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film about

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...

, directed by

Renny Bartlett Renny Bartlett is a Canadian film and television director."Turning the camera on Russia's film pioneer: Sergei Eisenstein was a true revolutionary conflicted by Stalin's tyranny". ''Vancouver Sun'', November 16, 2001. Primarily a documentary filmm ...

and starring

Simon McBurney Simon Montagu McBurney (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, playwright, and theatrical director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films '' The Manchurian Candidate'' ...

, Raymond Coulthard and

Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she ...

. It was

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for five

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including

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, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. ''

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'' reviewer Stephen Holden wrote that the film was "a series of loosely connected (and unevenly acted) theatrical sketches whose central theme is the director's shifting relationship with the Soviet government", and that "as dazzingly played" by McBurney, the title character "bears resemblances to everyone from the punk rocker

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to the contemporary director

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." ''

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'' called it "engagingly irreverent take on an important, tragic story". John Petrakis of the ''

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'' commented that director Bartlett seemed "less interested in Eisenstein the filmmaker than he is in Eisenstein the political animal, gay man, Jewish target and artistic rebel", and described the overall result as "a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life". Ed Gonzales of '' Slant Magazine'' gave the film a less favorable review, calling it "efficient and concise but . . . lifeless".Ed Gonzales
"Movie review: Eisenstein"
'' Slant Magazine'', December 21, 2001.

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