Que viva Mexico!
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Que viva Mexico! |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein |
| script | Sergej Eisenstein, Grigori Wassiljewitsch Alexandrow |
| camera | Eduard Kasimirowitsch Tisse |
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Que viva México! is an unfinished film by Sergej Eisenstein that was supposed to illustrate life in modern Mexico.
General
The American producer Upton Sinclair was the producer. Sergej Eisenstein crossed Mexico for a few years before collecting a lot of film material. However, the writer Sinclair lost confidence in Eisenstein and stopped further payments in 1932. Meanwhile, Eisenstein was urged to return to the USSR. Contrary to what was agreed at the beginning, Sinclair Eisenstein did not leave the filmed material, but tried to make money in America. At first he tried to sell the material to a Soviet film bureau, which did not accept or did not want the material. Then in 1933 he made a contract with the producer Sol Lesser, who turned it into the feature film "Thunder over Mexico" or "Thunder over Mexico". He used almost exclusively the material from the second episode.
In 1939, Marie Seton and Paul Burnford received the materials. They tried with a lot of respect to convey an idea of Eisenstein's basic ideas. The film “Time in the sun” or “Under Mexico's Sun” was made from material from the first and second episode. Jay Leyda in 1957 and Grigori Alexandrow in 1977 also received the footage.
action
Que viva Mexico is an unfinished film by Eisenstein. Actually, the film should consist of four episodes, an epilogue and a prologue.
1st episode
The first episode is called "Sandunga". It's about a love story of the girl Concepcion, who saves year after year for a gold necklace so that it is the most valuable piece of jewelry at her wedding. This is an old tradition among South American Indians.
2nd episode
The second episode is called "Maguey" or in German "The Agaves". The Peon Sebastian has a bride whom he has to introduce to the Haciendero [owner of a farm] according to old tradition. His bride is raped by a drunken guest. Sebastian doesn't just accept this and fight back. That is why he and his comrades-in-arms are buried up to their necks in sand and the oppressors ride over them until they are dead.
3rd episode
The third episode is called Fiesta. Preparations for a bullfight are in progress. The matadors ceremonially put on their robes. One of the matadors secretly leaves the arena to meet with a woman who is married. This does not work as expected and the matador barely escapes the man's revenge.
4th episode
The fourth episode is called Soldadera. It's about the fate of the women who went along with soldiers in the Mexican Revolution to provide for them. The end of this episode was planned with the victory of the revolution.
prolog
The prologue of “Que viva Mexico” was about the Mayan death ceremonies.
epilogue
In the epilogue, Sergej Eisenstein wanted to illustrate life in modern Mexico.
background
Sergej Eisenstein wanted to treat Mexico's past and present in this film. He also wanted to portray the development of Mexico into a modern state. This should show the conclusion in which the myth of death is overcome. He wanted to illustrate how different cultures live together. With the surviving parts of the film, it is impossible to say with certainty whether Eisenstein would have achieved this goal.
literature
- Oksana Bulgakowa : [Article] Sergei Eisenstein. In: Thomas Koebner (Ed.): Film directors. Biographies, descriptions of works, filmographies. 3rd, updated and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [1. Edition 1999], ISBN 978-3-15-010662-4 , pp. 214-218.
- Dieter Krusche: [Article] Que viva Mexico !. In: Dieter Krusche (Ed.): Reclams Filmführer. 13th, revised edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [first 1973], ISBN 978-3-15-010676-1 , pp. 587f.
- Dieter Krusche: [Article] Thunder over Mexico. In: Dieter Krusche (Ed.): Reclams Filmführer. 13th, revised edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [first 1973], ISBN 978-3-15-010676-1 , p. 710.
- Dieter Krusche: [Article] Time in the sun. In: Dieter Krusche (Ed.): Reclams Filmführer. 13th, revised edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [first 1973], ISBN 978-3-15-010676-1 , p. 712.
Web links
- Que viva Mexico! in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Film version in the Internet Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statement article Que viva Mexico [* Dieter Krusche: [article] Que viva Mexico !. In: Dieter Krusche (Ed.): Reclams Filmführer. 13th, revised edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 [first 1973], ISBN 978-3-15-010676-1 , pp. 587f.]