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Sergei Eisenstein, a Soviet film director, is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. His work has had a profound impact on the art and structure of cinema, particularly his theory of montage. Born on January 22, 1898, Eisenstein died on February 11, 1948.

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“American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema.”

Film Reflection Capitalism Cinema Expressive American Capitalism

Book:Film form: essays in film theory, and The film sense

Source: Film form: essays in film theory, and The film sense

“Books are attracted to me. They make a beeline for me, and stick to me. I have been so fond of them that at last they have begun to reciprocate. In my hands books burst like ripe fruit. Like magic flowers they unfold their petals to show me the vital thought, the suggestive word, the confirming quotation, the decisive illustration.”

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“Language is much closer to film than painting is.”

Film Language Painting

Book:Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

Source: Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

“Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc.”

Persons Bird Accounts Bounds Landscape Etc Description Lightning Exaggerated Waterfalls Employing

Book:Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

Source: Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

“For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation.”

Form Lines Example Color Painting Materials Elements Difficulty Arise Cinema Abstract Manipulation

Book:Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

Source: Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

“Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of ideas to arise from the combination of two concrete denotations of two concrete objects?”

Should Two Ideas Form Language Objects Painting Concepts Theater Arise Combination Cinema Concrete Methodology

Book:Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

Source: Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

“The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.”

Men Should Humans Film Human Beings Directors Profession Disregard Film Directors

Author:Sergei Eisenstein

“It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being”

Art Tasks Contradiction Manifest

Book:Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

Source: Film Form: Essays in Film Theory

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Born: January 22, 1898
Died: February 11, 1948
Known for: Film director
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