Arts & Culture
The Aesthetic of Soviet Montage in Early Cinema
Quick fact
Soviet montage theory, developed by filmmakers like Sergei Eisenstein and Lev Kuleshov, posited that the collision of two independent shots could create a new meaning not present in either shot alone.
Why this is interesting
You know how a film can make you feel tension or excitement by cutting between two different shots? What if I told you that this technique was deliberately theorized and turned into a powerful artistic weapon by Soviet filmmakers in the 1920s?