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From: Steven Fenrich <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: POTEMKIN


> http://www.potemkin.cjb.net
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to share with you the completion of what is perhaps the most
> important work, to me, in my entire life.
>
> For 75 years, Sergei M. Eisenstein's "Potemkin" has inspired many film
> artists and has been a shocking display of ultra-realistic filming for
> millions of viewers worldwide.  What film student among us can say that
they
> have never heard, much less seen, the famous "Odessa steps" sequence,
> certainly the single most studied piece of film of all-time, bar none!
In
> October of 1999, I viewed this film for the first time, and it left such
an
> indelible imprint in my mind that, as a artist, I had to find some way of
> expressing just how much this film had impressed me.  Over the course of
the
> next year and a half I worked on this expression, and have just now, in
> recent weeks, completed it: an original musical score that accompanies
this
> silent film.
>
> Originally, Potemkin was completed as a community effort.  Many thousands
of
> extras and crew were gleaned from Odessa itself to perform. Today Potemkin
> remains a community effort.  A new version has been produced by myself,
with
> new English titles and music, out of the facilities of the Community Media
> Center/GRTV-25, a public access cable station in my home town, Grand
Rapids,
> Michigan.
>
> This is my first effort as a video/film producer.  I can only hope that
this
> effort will keep Eisenstein's stroke of genius in the public eyes for time
> to come.  Discussion on this film, filmmaking, and other classics will be
> continuously held via listpower.com.  I hope that you will check it out
> sometime.   More information about this film, Eisenstein, obtaining
copies,
> or joining this discussion group can be accessed through this web site,
> http://www.potemkin.cjb.net
>
> Thank you very much for your time, I hope to converse with you all very
> soon.  I am,
>
> Truly yours,
>
> Steven Fenrich
> Pearlchaser Films
>
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