Photography and Cinema

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givenconventionallayouts(portraitsofstars,shotsofcrucialscenes).

Russianavant-gardecinemawasshownasstripsprintedat‘Constructivist’

angles.GermanExpressionistmoviesappearascollagedcut-outs.More

playfully,imagesfromvariousfilmswerecombinedbytheme(Burlesque,

Violence,Aerial,Speed,MotherandChild,Romance,War).Apagetitled

‘FacesandDreams’mixesshotsfromRenéClair’sEntr’acte( 1924 )and

JeanEpstein’sThe Three-Sided Mirror( 1927 )toformadream-likepuzzle

ofdisplacedandcondensedfragments.^13

In 1963 Lifemagazinepublishedperhapsthemostwidelyseenframe

sequence.AbrahamZapruder,abystanderattheassassinationofPresident 67

55PagefromEdmundBucherandAlbrecht
Kindt, eds,Film-Photos Wie Noch Nie
[Film Photos as Never Seen Before]
(Frankfurt, 1929).

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