why do you think Stalin like the first part,
but banned the second part?
why tell this particular story at this particular historical
moment?
what explains the rather surprising prominence of religion
in this film?
Ivan the Terrible is in many ways very different
from October. In what ways does it differ and how does the concept
of Socialist Realism figure in the equation?
Regardless of whether driven by budgetary or aesthetic considerations,
why do you think Eisenstein singled out those two particular scenes for his
first use of color?
what do you make of the film's gender representations?