FILM 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ingroups And Outgroups, Soviet Montage Theory
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Soviet montage in 1930s, given as an example. Montage in general has been an important part of cinema. Eisenstein talks about different types of montages. Chaplin"s modern times celebrated the aesthetics of silent cinema (which was being lost) Bazin was pretty much against the prevalent use of montage. Bazin explains his theory that montage, although necessary in many cases to make a film work, can be heavily overused. From the start he makes a distinction between those directors who put their faith in the image and those who put their faith in reality . He feels that any manipulation of the image such as the suggestive editing developed by eisenstein or the dramatic sets and lighting of german expressionism stands in the way of releasing film"s true potential for realism. He claims that the introduction of sound, far from destroying film as an art form, actually enhanced it as an essential element of reality.
