FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Montage Theory, The Communist Manifesto
Document Summary
Soviet montage: a term that refers to a movement with some philosophy behind it. Films were state-sponsored/funded; meant to be commercial soviet films. October revolt during the heigh of wwi, a socialist revolution grew in russia. October of 1917, the bolsheviks took over and replaced the czarist government with a social democracy based on marxist principals. Bolsheviks wanted to undo/destroy the power structure of the monarchy system (striation of working class and upper class) The communist manifesto by karl marx and friedrich engels. Communism is an economic principal, and a socialist state where the. Cinema plays a role in the socialist state of the soviet union (est. 1922), filmmaking playing field for classes is leveld became a state sponsored fireld of experimentation and theory. Cinema art of the masses, good at propaganda/keeping people spirits up. Agit-prop: the mass medium of cinema presented itself as a perfect tool for maintaining the spirit of the revolution among the masses.
