Mayakovsky and his time, 1973 (35mm negative, scan 4K/sound)

Location: Various, Russia Creator: Luigi Perelli The short film describes the life and work of the great Russian poet, the revolutionary character of his poetry, his profound participation in the events of the Soviet Revolution and the early years of power Bolshevik, until the dramatic death by suicide when the very serious degenerations of Stalinian bureaucratism begin to appear. Through the portrait of Mayakovsky live the innovative ferments of a culture that reflects the great transformations and together the acute contradictions that characterized Soviet society in the years between 1920 and 1930. The film is particularly suitable as a presentation of the film version of Mayakovsky's theatrical work “The Bathroom”. 01. Headlines 02. Series of drawings and graphic works by the Russian avant-gardes. PP photographic portrait of adult Mayakovsky. Series of photographs showing the Russian poet child, together with family members and his childhood home. Photographic portrait of Mayakovsky's father and other family members. Photographic portrait of Mayakovsky teenage, sitting in uniform 03. Repertory images related to the living conditions of workers in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century. Repertory images related to the last Tsar Nicholas II and his family, portrayed during public ceremonies. Repertory images related to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. Repertory images related to the First Russian Revolution 04. Portrait of the artist, a teenager, with a wide flap hat on his head. Other images of the poet, including those in which he is registered, because Bolshevik 05. Repertory images: a train running in the Russian landscape. Moving images alternate with details of expressionist paintings, Russian avant-gardes, Italian futurists (Sant'Elia), while a voice mentions some verses of the poet, taken from the poem” One hundred and fifty million” 06. The images scroll on the press in operation in a printing shop. Photographic portrait of Mayakovsky. Details of Russian Cubo-Futurist Paintings 07. World War I repertoire images 08. Photographic portrait of Mayakovsky. Repertory images on the rubble and devastations of World War I, on life in the trenches, on the bombings 09. World War I repertoire images: soldiers are resumed during leisure activities. Subsequently, images of dead, or wounded soldiers in the trenches 10. Inq of a bell, then of the sculptures of Notre Dame de Paris 11. Repertory images related to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Moving images alternate with details of graphic works of propaganda of the Russian Revolution 12. Graphic works related to the first representation of “Funny Mystery”, in 1918 in Petrograd. Photographic portrait of Lunacarsky (People's Commissioner for Education, 1917 - 1919). Still and moving images that show Mayakovsky during rallies. More photographic images of Mayakovsky among friends, or on movie sets 13. Images taken from a film, written and starred by Mayakovsky: “The Lady and the Hoodlick” 14. Photographic images that portray Mayakovsky with other characters of the time, including the women he loved 15. Photographic images portraying artists friends of Mayakovsky: Shostakovich, Rodchenko and Mejerchol'd. Photographic images show the staging of the work “The Bug”. Details of stage sketches, graphic works of the avant-garde 16. Moving images of repertoire on the post-Russian revolution period. Details of graphic works, cartoons, created by Mayakovsky 17. Repertory images showing Lenin's funeral 18. Repertory images showing industrial work in the Soviet Union in the twenties of the twentieth century. Details of graphic works by Mayakovsky 19. Photographic images showing Mayakovsky among other artists, during the preparation of the show “The Bathroom”. Scene images 20. PPP of Mayakovsky's face while smoking. Photographic images that portray the poet 21. Photographic images portraying moments of the representation of “The Bathroom” in 1953 in Moscow. Moving images showing some moments of the show (in v. in Russian) 22. Photographic images of a representation of 'The Bath' in Poland, in 1954 23. Headlines run on photographic images related to a representation of “The Bathroom”