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THE ARTISTIC ACTIVITY OF THE SOVIET CINEMATOGRAPH DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS.
{from the Russian)
General Considerations. — The art of the film must be considered in relation to the general artistic culture and the politicosocial organization of a given period. In the cinematographic domain, however, there are still many prejudices, partly attributable to ignorance, and partly to the residua of an over optimistic mentality, which assumed that the cinematograph would develop independently and that its artistic form does not depend on politicosocial principles or on the influence of other forms of art — what we may term artistic currents. In reality, the form and the style of the film are closely bound up with a specific study of the theme dealt with — a study which, in its turn, is subordinate to the vital needs of the period.
The form and the theme of a film are complementary one to the other. The revolution that has taken place in form is an indisputable sign of the decadence of the old subject matter. We can note these same phenomena also in the history of other forms of art, but it is especially true of the Sovietic film production of the past ten years.
{Ed. Note) With the greatest interest we have received and publish Mr. Fedoroff 's article on the present position of the Soviet cinematograph. It is obvious that a great deal has been done in the U. R. S. S. on behalf of the educational and propagandist film. Special care has been taken in the production of films bearing on social questions, and these deserve to be known. We look forward in later numbers to illustrating all that Soviet Russia have done in the domain of the educational film; indeed the Review will devote systematically a part of its space to illustrating and making known what has been accomplished in all the different countries. M. Coissac's valuable article is an example of this. In a later issue we will publish a highly interesting paper by Mr. North, who directs and controls the educational cinema in the United States, being the official exponent of what Washington is doing to encourage and diffuse the scholastic and educational film.
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