'Mr Eisenstein, I understand you are connected with the Kyenee-ma. I witnessed a Kye-nimatograph performance once.' - J. J. Thompson
Picasso’s portrait of Polaire
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Chickens do an Apache dance
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Betty Boop does an Apache dance, of sorts
One of the pioneers of the Soviet cinema was Yury Zhelyabuzhsky, son of the famous Russian actress, Maria Andreeva, Maxim Gorky's wife. In 1919 together with some other film enthusiasts, Zhelyabuzhsky filmed Lev Tolstoy's story Polikushka. The main role was played by the outstanding actor from the Moscow Art Theatre, Ivan Moskvin. This film's artistic qualities immediately raised cinema to a new height. 'In my opinion, Polikushka is a major step towards the scrupulous transmission on the screen—although this may…
Justine seems to be linked to mythology of Diana - who's vowed never to marry, the goddess of domesticated spaces, who was spied upon while bathing, the goddess who guides people between death and life, linked to animals and the Moon (or other celestial bodies).
