RTF 306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sergei Eisenstein, Surrealism, Mauritz Stiller
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Chapter 4: influential alternatives to hollywood: european cinema. During 1920"s, new film styles emerged in europe. Instead of industry, filmmakers operated as an artistic movement. Cin astes : introduced by louis delluc to indicate the difference between commercial and art filmmakers. Between 1917 and 1924, a realist movement emerged with two leading filmmakers victor sj str m and mauritz stiller. In france, cubist, dadaist, and surrealist film experimentalist broke completely with the commercial system of filmmaking and sought to create a film style what was a work of art. German filmmakers became known for uncanny set designs, use of lights and dark shadows and stylized acting. So popular hollywood lured away the most talented. Ernst lubitsch, fritz lang, and friedrich murnau as discussed in ch. Movement : consists of a set of filmmakers working in a common style and from common ideas - but not one corporation. Invariably begins by positions its work against the dominant player, such as hollywood.
