Cicero, Marcus Tullius(106-43 B.C) Orator
Even as a child he won fame among his school fellows and Masters alike for his excellent wit and quick capacity to learn. It is said that the fathers of other boys used to come to school to see the boy who carried such an excellent report.
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He left for Rhodes to [...]
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Plutarch’s Lives-Cicero
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The Battleship Potemkin-1925
Posted in Russian cinema, tagged 100 great films, montage on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky
Bronenosec Potjomkin -Sergei Eisenstein’s revolutionary sophomore feature has so long stood as a textbook example of montage editing and with it the Russian film- maker changed the shape of cinema into a new direction. ( Previously the accent was on staging best exemplified by Weiner’s The Cabinet of Dr. [...]
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