metropolis Flashcards
how can Metropolis be seen as an allegory
a worker’s revolution was entirely possible in 1920s germany, it depicts the upper class in a very specific way
it is possible to interpret many aspects of the film as mocking…
Hitler and the Nazi party
2 viewpoints can be seen in the film: that of Fritz Lang and…
the screenwriter and his ex-wife Thea Von Harbou (nazi supporter)
when does German expressionism die out?
late 1920s
who was Sergi M. Eisenstein?
the most important montage filmmaker
Eisenstein’s films include:
Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925), and October (1927)
all Soviet montage films are…
propaganda designed to enthuse audiences about the new government
Soviet school of filmmaking was founded to…
find a new language of cinema different from the west
soviet montage films aim to
provide human interest without dwelling on individual heroism
how do soviet montage films avoid focusing on one protagonist?
by jumping between long shots and close-ups of individuals in a crowd
define the Kuleshov effect
when one shot follows another, the viewer assumes there is a connection between the two, even when they are unrelated
the Kuleshov effect is a type of…
invisible editing
Kuleshov effect only becomes visible when…
the shots are too different for the effect to work convincingly
define intellectual montage
editing together unrelated images to create ideas through comparison
why does soviet montage die out?
because russian audiences didn’t like the so-called “cinema of the people”
