Eisenstein's methods of montage

JUL 27 2017

A video essay working through the categories of montage Eisenstein set out in Film Form - metric, rhythmic, tonal, overtonal and intellectual - with examples from classic and modern cinema. Each category is a different way of making the cut itself carry the argument, from pacing that raises the pulse to juxtapositions that assert a comparison no shot contains. It is the technical grammar behind most persuasive editing since.