... This weapon, which cries out to be used, is the best instrument of propaganda- (Taylor, 1998 p.35). The new era called for new films that would be able to compete with Hollywood imports and support the communist regime. The answer was montage film a method developed by Eisenstein, Pudovkin, ... Vertov and others. As other forms of art (Mayakovsky - literature) the new films were "as innovative and experimental as the times- (Petric 1987 p.1). The films were inspired by Italian Futurism (Marinetti), Constructivism as well as the first great film directors . Eisenstein intended to film ....

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... his film, Man with a Movie Camera. One camera was set up inside the bed of a pickup truck, shooting what was happening in town while the truck motored through. Another camera followed suit directly behind the first, filming that camera filming. What the viewer than sees on the screen is the shot of the lead camera. The ... films created by Vertov were also self-reflexive. They were documentaries of his Soviet Union. Once a magician behind the camera, he became a teacher and a student at the same time. Not only ... ...

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