Sightlines · a concept

montage organic

the two poles of Soviet montage: the *organic* (the spiral/growth, the set of any-instant-whatevers) and the *pathetic* (the qualitative leap/shock, the genesis of the new); the pathetic presupposes the organic.

On screen: organic = accumulating growth/spiral; pathetic = the shock-collision producing a new quality.

22 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916

Across the collection

Earth1930Captain Blood1935Orphan's Picnic1936The Grapes of Wrath1940Wagon Master1950Knights of the Teutonic Order1960The Party1968Rocky1976The 36th Chamber of Shaolin1978The Blues Brothers1980Reds1981Gandhi1982Ghostbusters1984Eat Drink Man Woman1994Iron Man2008Up2009Divergent2014Whiplash2014The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Wonka2023