Soviet montage theory
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This page Soviet montage theory is part of the film series.
Illustration: screen shot from L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat
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olve the specific problem of cinema."
While many Soviet filmmakers, such as Lev Kuleshov, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin put forth explanations of what constitutes the montage effect, Eisenstein's view that "montage is an idea that arises from the collision of independent shots" wherein "each sequential element is perceived not next to the other, but on top of the other" has become most widely accepted.
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See also
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Lev Kuleshov and the Kuleshov Effect
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Dziga Vertov
- La Psychologie de l'Art — book on montage theory by André Malraux
- Imagism
- Pound's Ideogrammic Method
- Cubism
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