a question abt BRECHT (tracer hand to thread among others)

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Eisenstein is pre-Brechtian or at the very least an early contemporary, and his theory aiui is based more on the affective emotional power of montage, that quick cuts could produce a pseudo-Pavlovian response in audiences. But he studied theater under Mayakovsky and there’s a common lineage between Brecht, Mayakovsky, Eisenstein, Tretiakov and Russian formalism. Brecht is similarly attracted to the fragment but he deploys it in a totally different way and for a totally different purpose than Eisenstein.

drew in baltimore, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 16:09 (two months ago) link

That difference is also why Eisensteinian film grammar was so easily appropriated by Hollywood - most obviously in the Untouchables by De Palma - whereas Brechtian gestures remain mostly arthouse or European.

drew in baltimore, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 16:14 (two months ago) link

really good revive

difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 16:16 (two months ago) link


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