Chapaev was able to appeal to the Russian audience's because the characters were developed a lot better than Battleship Potemkin. The idea of Battleship Potemkin was to not have individual heroes but instead have the group as a whole be the heroes. I don't believe this appealed to many people because they couldn't identify and grow accustomed to the different characters.
Also General Chapaev is hero to many Russians and seeing him in a movie would be very entertaining.
At first General Chapaev seems very critical of the the commissar probably because he is worried that he'll undermine his command. As the film goes on they grow much closer and towards the end he doesn't want the commissar to leave the division. I think the hero a movie is Chapaev. chapaev while harsh is very likable and cares about all the men and women who serve under him. He seems like the perfect hero for the early Soviet Union.
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I agree that Chapaev is a likeable character for the early Soviet Union. They were all about the working class and it was probably easy to relate to him since he couldn't read for a long period of time. I think most of us relate the upper class to having reading skills. Furthermore, being illiterate he still was a great leader who could grasp a room with simply his words and 'never give up' attitude.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that because Chapaev was so likeable that the audience got more draw to the story. You also see him change as a character during the film and he becomes a general that will share and do whatever he can for his soldiers.
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