Politics, propaganda and film form: Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Triumph of the Will (1935).

Autor: Rizvi, Wajiha Raza
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Zdroj: Journal of International Communication; 2014, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p77-86, 10p
Abstrakt: The study compares the German filmTriumph of the Will (1935)with the Russian filmBattleship Potemkin (1925)to evaluate the use of film form as a propaganda tool by two authoritarian regimes of the Second World between the two World Wars. The films play with specific fragments of truth through the national media and use the lyrical everyday imagery to give a realistic form to the world presented. They use strategies of appeal rooted in bias and states' will to propaganda and control of social memory and collective perception.Potemkinis clearly agitational,Triumph of the Willconstructs and supports the national will and energy for being agitational through its surface character of tranquillity. Like withPotemkin, precise cinematic techniques, editing in particular is the most important aspect ofTriumph of the Will. The dialectic in both the films alternates between dynamic shots and their reaction shots to look at human history and experience through repetitive thesis and antithesis pattern creating an overwhelming impact of the spectacles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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