Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 4, No. 9. July 30, 1941
Montage
Montage.
We find the key to the Russian technique in [ unclear: Eisenstein's] insistence that as "artist-director" he should edit, or cut and assemble his film, himself.
Montage implies the use of a series of shots emotionally bound together to stimulate the spectator to feel the purport of the scenes. The emphasis is always on an emotional unity rather than a strictly logical or temporal sequence.
We find an intelligent and imaginative use of montage in "October." Free of any need for star actors to develop his theme, Eisenstein builds up his story by actions and suggestive symbolism. A striking instance of his symbolism is the dismemberment of the statute of the Czar by the people, and the reversal of the film and the re-instatement of the symbol of tyranny to bring home the implications of the Kerensky Provisional Government.
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