Battleship Potemkin

To many, battlewagon Potemkin remains as powerful today as it was when it saw its initial release in 1915. A great survey of the power the film projects derives from its ability to draw on the emotional content of viewers who hold a dissatisfied sensation towards the government, a perennial feeling that never goes out of style. But does the films political statement undermine the credibility of the film as a work and sway it into the landed estate of propaganda?In a word, no as this is a highly skilled cinematic presentation that does not fall into the common trapping of propaganda cinema. To say the Battleship Potemkin contains a political point of view is an accurate statement but, to say that the film is a work of propaganda may not entirely be correct. The moderateness for this is that propaganda generally involves a dishonest attempt to present a point of view that plays to the viewers emotions.Yes, Battleship Potemkin does present its anti-tsarist point of view so as to st imulate the viewers emotions to align with anti-tsarist sentiment however life under the tsar was hardly one that was popular with the common person. In fact, the entire Russian revolution would have been impossible if the population held the ruling class in high esteem. So, the film does not so much budge a point of view as much as it reflects what had been a common point of view.