Robert Robertson is a composer and filmmaker. He has an MFA in Film Production from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal. His music/films include 'Oserake and The River That Walks', 'Doors of the Spirits', and 'I'm Back', and he has produced the operas 'The Kingdom', 'The Cathars', and 'Empedocles'. He has been influenced by Eisenstein's ideas since 1977, and this book is the result of his doctoral research at King's College London, UK.

• Introduction1 Audiovisual counterpoint2 Organic unity3 Nonindifferent nature4 Synaesthesia

his book is exceptionally well written. The argument is straightforward and the text lucid. ������Eisenstein on the Audiovisual������ should be on the shelves of every library of an institution teaching media and/or film studies in the English-speaking world - Richard Taylor, Emeritus Professor, author of "The Battleship Potemkin" (2000), "Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia& Nazi Germany" (2nd edn, 1998), and editor of "The Eisenstein Collection" (edited & translated, 2005), "The Pudovkin Collection" (edited & translated, 2006) and "The BFI Companion to Cinema in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union" (co-editor, 2000).