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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DStrike1925

Across the collection

All Quiet on the Western Front1930Frankenstein1931Triumph of the Will1935Alexander Nevsky1938The Cranes Are Flying1957Psycho1960Rocco and His Brothers1960Chimes at Midnight1965The Exorcist1973A Better Tomorrow1986The Untouchables1987Hard Boiled1992Natural Born Killers1994Zack Snyder's Justice League2021