Forced Perspective: Odessa
My visit to the real steps at Odessa was affected by the Odessa Steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. Media images have power. They shape our real-life experiences.
My visit to the real steps at Odessa was affected by the Odessa Steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. Media images have power. They shape our real-life experiences.
My visit to the real steps at Odessa was affected by the Odessa Steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. Media images have power. They shape our real-life experiences.
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
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The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.