Film Form

**A classic on the aesthetics of filmmaking from the pioneering Soviet director who made *Battleship Potemkin*.**

Though he completed only a half-dozen films, Sergei Eisenstein remains one of the great names in filmmaking, and is also renowned for his theory and analysis of the medium. *Film Form* collects twelve essays, written between 1928 and 1945, that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Jay Leyda, this volume allows modern-day film students and fans to gain insights from the man who produced classics such as *Alexander Nevsky* and *Ivan the Terrible* and created the renowned “Odessa Steps” sequence.