The thing that may have saved Eisenstein 's career at this point was that Stalin ended up saying that the Bezhin Meadow problems , along with several other problems facing the business , had less to do with Eisenstein 's approach to filmmaking as with the executives who were supposed to have been watching him . The thing which appeared to save Eisenstein 's career at this point was that Stalin ended up taking the position that the Bezhin Meadow catastrophe , along with several other problems facing the industry at that point , had less to do with Eisenstein 's approach to filmmaking as with the executives who were supposed to have been supervising him .