Sergei Eisenstein’s Montage Techniques and their Meanings in Comparison to Louis Buñuel’s "Un Chien Andalou"


Essay, 2011

11 Pages, Grade: 1,3


Abstract or Introduction

In the 1930s the Soviet revolutionary cinema changed the former understanding of film editing, ahead of everyone Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), whose aim it was to promote the idea of political rebellion. Cinema was the easiest way to transport a political conviction to all people, from upper class to peasants, who were unable to read. Truth could be boring and so the events had to be dramatized to encourage imitation.
This essay will examine the innovative montage techniques of Eisenstein and their meanings with emphasis on The Battleship Potemkin . In addition, a comparison to Louis Buñuel’s Un chien andalou , one of the most famous Surrealist films, will be drawn. The movement of Surrealism grew out of a Parisian society of artists, writers and filmmakers who tried to create an immediate translation of dreams, imagination and the unconscious. The recipient should be dissuaded from his habitual viewing or thinking patterns.

Details

Title
Sergei Eisenstein’s Montage Techniques and their Meanings in Comparison to Louis Buñuel’s "Un Chien Andalou"
College
University of Essex  (Film)
Course
Introduction to Film
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2011
Pages
11
Catalog Number
V286021
ISBN (eBook)
9783656859819
ISBN (Book)
9783656859826
File size
546 KB
Language
English
Keywords
sergei, eisenstein’s, montage, techniques, meanings, comparison, louis, buñuel’s, chien, andalou
Quote paper
Sandra Kuberski (Author), 2011, Sergei Eisenstein’s Montage Techniques and their Meanings in Comparison to Louis Buñuel’s "Un Chien Andalou", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/286021

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