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This programme looks at several films from the early 20th century which used the technique of 'montage'.
This programme looks at several films from the early 20th century which used the technique of 'montage'.
| Module code and title: | A316, Modern art: practices and debates |
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| Item code: | A316; 14 |
| First transmission date: | 1993 |
| Published: | 1993 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:10 |
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| Producer: | Charles Cooper |
| Contributor: | Briony Fer |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Eisenstein; Rodchenko |
| Footage description: | Footage - B/w film footage from "October" by Eisenstein: Russian revolutionaries demolishing statue of Tzar. Soldiers cheering. Briony Fer speaking from sofa in front of television. Remote control (0'22"-1'44") - "October": crowd marching with banners. Demonstrators fleeing. Soldier firing machine gun. Briony Fer speaking. B/w photo: "Salle a manger de Chtschoukine" Cover from "Kino-Fot". Various b/w photo montages by Rodchenko (1'45"-4'12") - B/w film footage from "Strike" by Eisenstein: crowd running, men sitting, crowd moving through factory gates, machinery, 3 workers. Briony Fer speaking. "Strike": group of thieves in car, reflection of man in mirror, man putting on shoes, policeman paying thieves, group running up steps, man whistles and people appear from holes in ground (4'13"-6'58") - Briony Fer speaking. "October": Crowd waving flags. 'Lenin' speaking to crowd. Painting: "Lenin on the Tribune 1930". "October": man with banner, demonstrators, couple on boat. Men fighting. Women hitting man with parasols. Woman in boat looks on. Crowd running. Machine gun. Women attacking man (6'59"-9'47") - Briony Fer speaking. "October": Woman laughing. Dead horse & woman. Man on phone. Bridge being raised. Bodies slipping off bridge. Dead horse hanging off bridge. Briony Fer speaking. "October": Female batallion in Tzar's palace. Statues. Women undressing on Tsar's billiard table (9'48"-12'33") - Briony Fer speaking. "October": Revolutionaries fighting & storming palace gates. Briony Fer speaking. B/w film footage from "Man with a Movie Camera" by Vertov: man setting up cinema film, people entering cinema, seats, people taking their seats (12'34"-14'33") - Briony Fer speaking. "Man with Movie Camera": Streets of Moscow from moving vehicle, montage of clips simulating street accident, ambulance setting off followed by man with camera. Injured person, ambulance, camera. Montage of women packing cigarettes, operating switchboards, typing (14'34"-17'08"). Briony Fer speaking. "Man with Movie Camera": Female worker and machinery. Cinema screen showing camera man on motorcycle. Crowd. Briony Fer speaking. B/w film footage from "Berlin Symphony of a City" by Ruttman: Women crossing street, clock, shops' shutters opening, workers enetring buildings, elevators, offices and equipment. Briony Fer speaking. "Berlin": Roller coaster ride, spiral, matchseller outside jewellery shop, montage of clips showing rotations, woman attempting suicide, crowd watching, water (17'09"-21'29") - Briony Fer speaking. Chorus line dancers. Briony Fer speaking. "Berlin": Traffic on street at night, city at night, crowds, cinema, city lights & signs, shop windows, traffic, signs (21'30"-24'08"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU6783 |
| Production number: | FOUA333S |
| Videofinder number: | 4183 |
| Available to public: | no |
