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===Treatment in other works of art=== [[File:Eisenstein Potemkin 2.jpg|thumb|upright|British painter [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]] called this ''Battleship Potemkin'' image a "catalyst" for his work.]] [[File:Untitled (Crowd 1), 1992.jpg|thumb|Soviet Union-born American photographer [[Alexey Titarenko]] paid tribute to the Odessa Steps shot in his series ''City Of Shadows'' (St. Petersburg, 1991).]] The scene is perhaps the best example of Eisenstein's theory on montage, and many films pay homage to the scene, including: * [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' * [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[The Untouchables (1987 film)|The Untouchables]]''<ref name="denofgeek">{{cite web |title=Iconic movie scene: The Untouchables' Union Station shoot-out |url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/18343/iconic-movie-scene-the-untouchables%E2%80%99-union-station-shoot-out |publisher=Den of Geek |date=16 November 2011 |access-date=2020-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419031700/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/18343/iconic-movie-scene-the-untouchables%E2%80%99-union-station-shoot-out |archive-date=2019-04-19 }}</ref> * [[George Lucas]]'s ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/01/features.features |title=Films influenced by Battleship Potemkin |author=Xan Brooks |date=1 February 2008 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> * [[Tibor Takacs (director)|Tibor Takacs]]'s ''[[Deathline]]'' * [[Laurel and Hardy]]'s ''[[The Music Box]]'' * [[N. Chandra|Chandrashekhar Narvekar's]] Hindi film ''[[Tezaab]]'' * [[Shukō Murase]]'s anime ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'' * [[Peter Sellers]]' ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'' * ''[[The Children Thief]]'' * [[Johnnie To]]'s ''[[Three (2016 film)|Three]]'' * [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[We All Loved Each Other So Much]]'' * [[Denis Villeneuve]]'s ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'' Several films spoof it, including * [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' and ''[[Love and Death]]'' * [[Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker]]'s ''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult]]'' (though also a parody of ''The Untouchables'') * the Soviet-Polish comedy ''[[Deja Vu (1988 film)|Deja Vu]]'' * [[Jacob Tierney]]'s ''[[The Trotsky]]'' * The short film ''[[Mr. Bill#Film|Mr. Bill Goes to Washington]]'' * The German–Turkish film ''[[Kebab Connection]]'' * The 1999 direct-to-video film ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'' * The Italian [[Ugo Fantozzi|Fantozzi]] comedy film {{lang|it|[[Il secondo tragico Fantozzi]]}} Non-film shows that parody the scene include: * a 1996 episode of the American adult animated sitcom, ''[[Duckman]]'', entitled "The Longest Weekend" * a 2014 episode of ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]'' (Season 3, Episode 5) Artists and others influenced by the work include: * The Irish-born painter [[Francis Bacon (painter)|Francis Bacon]] (1909–1992). Eisenstein's images profoundly influenced Bacon, particularly the Odessa Steps shot of the nurse's broken glasses and open-mouthed scream. The open mouth image appeared first in Bacon's ''Abstraction from the Human Form'', in ''[[Fragment of a Crucifixion]]'', and other works including his famous ''Head'' series.<ref>{{cite book |last=Peppiatt |first=Michael |year=1996 |title=Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma |publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] |isbn=0-297-81616-0 |location=London}}</ref> * The Soviet Union-born photographer and artist [[Alexey Titarenko]] was inspired by and paid tribute to the Odessa Steps sequence in his series ''City of Shadows'' (1991–1993), shot near the subway station in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>Protzman, Ferdinand (2003). "Landscape. Photographs of Time and Place". ''[[National Geographic Magazine|National Geographic]]'', {{ISBN|0-7922-6166-6}}</ref> * The popular culture periodical (and website) ''Odessa Steps Magazine'', started in 2000, is named after the sequence. * The 2011 October Revolution parade in Moscow featured a homage to the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sqar.nl/119-projects/movies-in-concert/931-battleship-potemkin|title=News|website=Squire Artists|date=18 May 2012 }}</ref> * Episode 2 of Japanese animation ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'' titled "Confessions of a Fellow Citizen".
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