This is a place to share silent film news. So, um, here is some news about a silent film, that is really a sound film, or several sound films, or no film at all. But I think you want to hear about it.

Between 1930 and 1932, Sergei Eisenstein shot film, more than 30 hours of astonishing images, in Mexico, for an ambitious project he planned to call ¡Que Viva México! He never got the chance to turn that footage into a film – but many other people tried, in his lifetime and beyond. With vary degrees of success.