JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Impossible Film: In the late 1920s, the great Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein made notes for a dream project: Das Kapital, the film.

  • Published In: Jacobin Magazine, 2025, n. 58. P. 119 1 of 3

  • Database: Sociology Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Alekseyeva, Julia; Schwartz, Daniel 3 of 3

Abstract

The article explores Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished attempt to adapt Marx's Capital into a revolutionary film, revealing how his fragmented notebooks became an artistic experiment in dialectical thinking. Topics include the intersection of Marxist theory and avant-garde cinema, Eisenstein's innovative use of montage as political philosophy; and how his unfinished project speaks to contemporary crises of representation.

Additional Information

  • Source:Jacobin Magazine. 2025/07, Issue 58, p119
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Film
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:2470-6930
  • Accession Number:186583598

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