----- Original Message ----- 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite