Parodies of Odessa steps sequence from Potemkin
George Fowler
I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise the famous
Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent film known in
English as Battleship Potemkin. Briefly, this is a sequence in which
people flee down a very long stairway, 100+ steps, with quick cutting to
reinforce the feeling of movement. There is a famous bit in which a baby
carriage rolls down the stairs included in the sequence.
I am aware of the parody which precedes the titles in Naked Gun 33
1/3. I'm sure there must be others; in fact, I'm pretty sure I've seen
something else myself. I would welcome suggestions. I will review the
newsgroups to which I post this message, but email to me would be even
better.
Thanks!
George Fowler
gfo...@indiana.edu
Michael Brooke
: Greetings!
'The Naked Gun' was in fact parodying Brian De Palma's 'The
Untouchables' (1987), which in turn parodied 'Potemkin' (and was in
fact a last-minute bit of desperation on Brian De Palma's part, as the
budget for a major sequence had been cut, so he needed to come up with
something memorable that wouldn't cost a lot of money, which is why he
thought of restaging the Odessa Steps scene on the steps leading up to
the station).
There are also brief parodies in Woody Allen's 'Bananas' (1970) and
Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' (1985) - and experimental video-maker
Zbigniew Rybczynski based an entire 30-minute short, 'Steps' (1987)
around a group of tourists visiting the Odessa Steps at the time of
the massacre (colour images of tourists are superimposed on the
black-and-white frames of Eisenstein's original).
There are also nods to 'Battleship Potemkin' in Woody Allen's 'Love
and Death', with a comic reversal of the stone lions montage. In
fact, that film contains dozens of Eisenstein references ('Alexander
Nevsky' also figures heavily).
Michael
Ray LaBarbera
gfo...@indiana.edu (George Fowler) writes:
>
>Greetings!
> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise the
famous
>Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent film known
in
>English as Battleship Potemkin. Briefly, this is a sequence in which
>people flee down a very long stairway, 100+ steps, with quick cutting
to
>reinforce the feeling of movement. There is a famous bit in which a
baby
>carriage rolls down the stairs included in the sequence.
> I am aware of the parody which precedes the titles in Naked Gun
33
>1/3. I'm sure there must be others; in fact, I'm pretty sure I've seen
>something else myself. I would welcome suggestions. I will review the
>newsgroups to which I post this message, but email to me would be even
>better.
> George Fowler
> gfo...@indiana.edu
There is one in Bananas by Woody Allen, and one in The Untouchables
w/Kevin Costner
Murray Chapman
Terry Gilliams' _Brazil_
Murray
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Bob
Michael Brooke
: Woody Allen's LOVE AND DEATH
: Bob
Where? I remember the stone lions, but nothing else.
Michael
Paul Penna
gfo...@indiana.edu (George Fowler) wrote:
> Greetings!
> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise the famous
> Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent film known in
> English as Battleship Potemkin. Briefly, this is a sequence in which
> people flee down a very long stairway, 100+ steps, with quick cutting to
> reinforce the feeling of movement. There is a famous bit in which a baby
> carriage rolls down the stairs included in the sequence.
You might also check out Zbigniew Rybczynski's video (I believe it's
entitled, "Steps," but I could be wrong), in which a group of tourists are
taken on a guided tour of the Odessa Steps sequence (via video chroma-key
compositing). It was shown on PBS several years back (I think in Alive Off
Center).
Jeff Waldron
tter...@calon.com (Paul Penna) wrote:
>In article <gfowler-2009...@x2s4p2.dialin.iupui.edu>,
>gfo...@indiana.edu (George Fowler) wrote:
>
>> Greetings!
>> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise
the famous
>> Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent
film known in
>> English as Battleship Potemkin.
Untouchables during the shootout in the train station--IMHO, the
only worthwhile sequence in the whole film.
Jeff Waldron
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Daniel A. Hartung
> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise the famous
>Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent film known in
>people flee down a very long stairway, 100+ steps, with quick cutting to
>reinforce the feeling of movement. There is a famous bit in which a baby
>carriage rolls down the stairs included in the sequence.
You should also be aware of the incredible true-life-imitates-art
video from when that guy Cruz shot up the White House. As the
two civilians rush in to tackle him as he's attempting to reload,
a baby carriage rolls toward the cameraman ...
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dhar...@mcs.com * "An angry mob led by murderous guys
www.mcs.net/~dhartung/ * with torches...."
* "Don't let it happen again! -- Legend
Heidi Cron/Bob Gassel
>
>In article <tterrace-220...@merc16.calon.com>,
> tter...@calon.com (Paul Penna) wrote:
>>In article <gfowler-2009...@x2s4p2.dialin.iupui.edu>,
>>
>>I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise
>>the famous Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great
>>silent film known in English as "Battleship Potemkin".
>There was an obvious reference to this in DePalma's "The
>Untouchables" during the shootout in the train station...
I beleive the opening to "The Naked Gun 33 1/3-The Final Insult" is a
parody of THAT (the "Untouchables") scene! So I guess it qualifies as a
parody once-removed.
Bob Gassel
Jordan R. Young
>gfo...@indiana.edu (George Fowler) wrote:
>> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise the famous
>>Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent film known in
Woody Allen parodies this sequence mercilessly in the opening of "Bananas," complete with Howard Cosell reporting on the scene.
Dan Simon
Waldron) wrote:
> In article <tterrace-220...@merc16.calon.com>,
> tter...@calon.com (Paul Penna) wrote:
> >In article <gfowler-2009...@x2s4p2.dialin.iupui.edu>,
> >gfo...@indiana.edu (George Fowler) wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings!
> >> I am looking for films that parody or otherwise reprise
> the famous
> >> Odessa steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's great silent
> film known in
> >> English as Battleship Potemkin.
If it hasn't been mentioned yet, in the movie "Brazil" there's a
hilarious, shot by shot parody of that scene when the main character flees
the central services building. The baby carriage is replaced with a
vacuum cleaner, even the student with the glasses is in there.
Michael Brooke
: If it hasn't been mentioned yet, in the movie "Brazil" there's a
: hilarious, shot by shot parody of that scene when the main character flees
: the central services building. The baby carriage is replaced with a
: vacuum cleaner, even the student with the glasses is in there.
It has been - and I notice this thread has degenerated into people
repeating the same three or four titles over and over again.
So can anyone think of something APART FROM the following:
'Bananas'
'Love and Death'
'Tezaab'
'Brazil'
'The Untouchables'
'The Naked Gun 33 1/3'
'Steps'
?
Michael
Slanar Milan IC
>So can anyone think of something APART FROM the following:
>'Bananas'
>'Love and Death'
>'Tezaab'
>'Brazil'
>'The Untouchables'
>'The Naked Gun 33 1/3'
>'Steps'
There is a film 'Deja Vu' (Poland, 1989), directed by Juliusz Machulski.
It is a comedy about american gangsters seeking a man in soviet Odessa.
They meet filmmakers many times on the streets and there is a reconstruction
of steps sequence.
Milan Slanar