James Joyce and the cinema of the future
Translation of Sergei Eisenstein's collected writing on James Joyce (Part II, probably final)
Epochs ago, in Part I (linked below — and you’re free to make it part II for yourself), I shared Eisenstein’s memoir about his meetings with James Joyce in Paris and some extra details on the Roaring Twenties:
In part II today, I want to turn to Eisenstein’s theoretical reflections on Joyce’s work, particularly stream-of-consciousness, or rather “internal monologue”, and how it influenced Eisenstein’s approach to cinema, concepts of montage, and possibilities of sound film. That said, cross-pollination of Irish modernist literature and Soviest film theory is an amusing example of how art world actually functions and evolves.
Translated by Yours Truly from Russian texts found online in various obscure sources with no https. Some additional commentary and footnotes added where necessary.
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