Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin
Date:
1954
Publisher:
London : Vision Press Limited
Volume:
Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin
Leaf #:
000112
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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88 PUDOVKIN extraordinarily interesting way by Eisenstein. The editing is as follows : i. Title: " And the rebel battleship answered the brutality of the tyrant with a shell upon the town.'9 2. A slowly and deliberately turning gun-turret is shown. 3. Title : " Objective — the Odessa Theatre99 4. Marble group at the top of the theatre building. 5. Title : " On the General9 s Headquarters99 6. Shot from the gun. 7. In two very short shots the marble figure of Cupid is shown above the gates of a building. 8. A mighty explosion ; the gates totter. 9. Three short shots, a stone lion sleeping, a stone lion with open eyes, and a rampant stone lion. 10. A new explosion, shattering the gates. This is an editing construction that is reproduced in words only with difficulty, but that is almost shatteringly effective on the screen. The director has here employed a daring form of editing. In his film a stone lion rises to its feet and roars. This image has hitherto been thinkable only in literature, and its appearance on the screen is an undoubted and