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Soviet Montage Cinema

Soviet Montage Cinema quiz

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Question 1 of 3Easy

Which film was made with no actors or script?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What rolls down the Odessa Steps in Battleship Potemkin?

    Answer: A baby carriage

    Why: The Untouchables restaged the falling baby carriage in a shootout on a Chicago train station staircase.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which film style's name translates Vertov's Kino-Pravda?

    Answer: Cinéma vérité

    Why: Kino-Pravda borrowed its name from the official newspaper Pravda, Russian for truth, just as vérité is French for it.

  3. 3 Hard

    Where did Sight and Sound's 2012 critics rank Man with a Movie Camera?

    Answer: 8th

    Why: Two years later, Sight and Sound's documentary poll named it the greatest documentary ever made.

  4. 4 Easy

    What building does Eisenstein's October show being stormed?

    Answer: The Winter Palace

    Why: Since no film of the real 1917 storming exists, Eisenstein's staged version is often used to show it.

  5. 5 Medium

    Which word sums up Eisenstein's idea of how shots meet?

    Answer: Collision

    Why: Pudovkin preferred linking shots like bricks, while Eisenstein wanted each cut to clash and spark a new idea.

  6. 6 Hard

    Which writing system did Eisenstein compare to montage?

    Answer: Japanese kanji

    Why: In his example, the signs for eye and water combine to mean to weep, just as two shots combine into one idea.

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