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Soviet Silent Cinema and the
Theory of Montage, 1917-1931
Kuleshov Technique
• Kuleshov
– Formalism
• Editing most
important
– Mosjoukine was an actor
in Tsarist-era films
– Shots of Mosjoukine
were juxtaposed with
other images to create
abstract meanings.
• Thesis (shot A) + antithesis
(shot B) = synthesis (idea,
concept)
• Tertium quid: a “third thing”,
a concept that is greater
than the sum of its parts
(individual images).
Eisensteinian Montage
• Eisenstein
• Montage of
Attractions
– Shock audiences
into political
commitment
• Modes of montage
• Metric Montage– shots of varying
length (24 frames per second)
• Rhythmic Montage– shots of varying
composition (includes all graphic mass
in the shot and its organization in the
frame).
• Tonal Montage– shots of varying
atmospherics (lighting, contrast, lenses,
noise)
• Overtonal Montage– overall effect of
the paradigmatic and syntactical
organization of the shots.
• Paradigm = selection of shots
• Syntax = ordering of shots
• Intellectual Montage– creates abstract
concepts
Political Significance of Montage
• Bolsheviks saw
society developing
through conflict:
‘dialectical
materialism’
– aimed to incorporate
this dialectic into art
• Montage
– Dialectical
Revolution
• Eisenstein once wrote there
is no art without conflict.
• World War I ended in 1918.
– Provided the opportunity for
rebellions and revolutions
across Europe
• Ireland 1916
• Russia 1917
• Germany 1919
• Mutinies in the French and
British armies in 1918
Revolution
• Russia
– most successful revolution
– abolition of tsarist rule
• Revolution went though
several stages
– October 1917 - an
insurrection brought to
power the Bolshevik Party
(communists)
• Committed to a radically
new form of society.
Communist State
• “In order to put an end to the survivals of
feudalism, the estates system, and
inequality in all spheres of social life,
decrees were issued abolishing the state,
removing restrictions based on nationality
or religion, separating the church from the
state and the schools from the church,
establishing equality for women and the
equality of all nationalities in Russia.”
• “In order to undermine the economic power
of the bourgeoisie and to create a new,
Soviet national economy, and, in the first
place, to create a new, Soviet industry, the
banks, railways, foreign trade, the
mercantile fleet and all large enterprises in
all branches of the industry - coal, metal, oil,
chemicals, machine building, textiles, sugar,
etc. - were nationalised.”
– History of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union, 1939.
Cinema
• Communists believed that art,
culture and entertainment
needed dramatic change
• Lenin: “Of all arts, for us the
cinema is the most important.”
– Cinema was a popular art form, it
appealed to the working classes
– In countryside provided a new
experience for the peasants (agit
prop trains)
– Challenged to young artists and
intellectuals to imagine a new
Russia
– Dramatize the revolution
Strike (1925)
• Mode
– Mixture of naturalism and stylization
– Mixture of romanticism and clownishness
• naturalism <-> stylization in characters?
– Realism - Cossacks/ police
– Caricature - capitalists
– Theatrical grotesque – spies
– Circus eccentricism - hobo king and minions
– Romantic hero – workers
• Motifs
– animals, water, circles
• Montage
– Metaphor slaughterhouse, map/ink, lemon
squeezer
• Typage
– not individualism; not star system
• Example of class
• Engagement not from acting but montage

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  • 1. Soviet Silent Cinema and the Theory of Montage, 1917-1931
  • 2. Kuleshov Technique • Kuleshov – Formalism • Editing most important – Mosjoukine was an actor in Tsarist-era films – Shots of Mosjoukine were juxtaposed with other images to create abstract meanings. • Thesis (shot A) + antithesis (shot B) = synthesis (idea, concept) • Tertium quid: a “third thing”, a concept that is greater than the sum of its parts (individual images).
  • 3. Eisensteinian Montage • Eisenstein • Montage of Attractions – Shock audiences into political commitment • Modes of montage • Metric Montage– shots of varying length (24 frames per second) • Rhythmic Montage– shots of varying composition (includes all graphic mass in the shot and its organization in the frame). • Tonal Montage– shots of varying atmospherics (lighting, contrast, lenses, noise) • Overtonal Montage– overall effect of the paradigmatic and syntactical organization of the shots. • Paradigm = selection of shots • Syntax = ordering of shots • Intellectual Montage– creates abstract concepts
  • 4. Political Significance of Montage • Bolsheviks saw society developing through conflict: ‘dialectical materialism’ – aimed to incorporate this dialectic into art • Montage – Dialectical
  • 5. Revolution • Eisenstein once wrote there is no art without conflict. • World War I ended in 1918. – Provided the opportunity for rebellions and revolutions across Europe • Ireland 1916 • Russia 1917 • Germany 1919 • Mutinies in the French and British armies in 1918
  • 6. Revolution • Russia – most successful revolution – abolition of tsarist rule • Revolution went though several stages – October 1917 - an insurrection brought to power the Bolshevik Party (communists) • Committed to a radically new form of society.
  • 7. Communist State • “In order to put an end to the survivals of feudalism, the estates system, and inequality in all spheres of social life, decrees were issued abolishing the state, removing restrictions based on nationality or religion, separating the church from the state and the schools from the church, establishing equality for women and the equality of all nationalities in Russia.” • “In order to undermine the economic power of the bourgeoisie and to create a new, Soviet national economy, and, in the first place, to create a new, Soviet industry, the banks, railways, foreign trade, the mercantile fleet and all large enterprises in all branches of the industry - coal, metal, oil, chemicals, machine building, textiles, sugar, etc. - were nationalised.” – History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1939.
  • 8. Cinema • Communists believed that art, culture and entertainment needed dramatic change • Lenin: “Of all arts, for us the cinema is the most important.” – Cinema was a popular art form, it appealed to the working classes – In countryside provided a new experience for the peasants (agit prop trains) – Challenged to young artists and intellectuals to imagine a new Russia – Dramatize the revolution
  • 9. Strike (1925) • Mode – Mixture of naturalism and stylization – Mixture of romanticism and clownishness • naturalism <-> stylization in characters? – Realism - Cossacks/ police – Caricature - capitalists – Theatrical grotesque – spies – Circus eccentricism - hobo king and minions – Romantic hero – workers • Motifs – animals, water, circles • Montage – Metaphor slaughterhouse, map/ink, lemon squeezer • Typage – not individualism; not star system • Example of class • Engagement not from acting but montage