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...Ivan the Terrible: Part...
...Ivan the Terrible...
...Ivan the Terrible" is probably not on the top of your list of "must see" films this semester. Rethink your premises. This world cinema classic, one of Sergei Einstein's masterworks, captures the defining historical memories of Russian culture and civilization. An aesthetically magnificent film, it is also an interesting psychological portrait of one of Russia's most noted tyrants...
...films is in two parts (shown on two separate nights to avoid overdose). Part I begins with Ivan's coronation ceremonies at the Church. Eisenstien pays an extended amount of cinematographic attention to these ceremonies, replete with a panoramic view of the Byzantine style apse and the lugubrious countenances of the clergy. In the midst of all the pomp and circumstance of the Church and the court nobles, two smirking boyars (nobles) dump huge baskets of gold coins over the young czar's pointy crown. Ivan's gaze remains stoic as if he were merely caught in an everyday downpour...
...film takes us through the defining early moments of Ivan's reign: his marriage to the beloved Anastasia, immortalized as the paragon of duty and honor; the conflicts and intrigues among the boyars, who are fearful of the new tsar's control; Ivan's relationship with his friend Kurbsky, who secretly harbors resentments for his number two status; and Ivan's early sickness, which makes everyone in the court wonder about the tenuous future of the Russian state. Part I ends with the death of Anastasia, a turning point for Ivan, who loses the only person in his court that...