Film Studies Daily Log

Tuesday, March 24

Class was diverted from a detailed discussion of montage techniques in Battleship Potemkin to a repetitious but intermittently enlightening debate between Mr. Potratz and certain members of the class over whether Eisenstein's editing in the Odessa Steps scene is or is not "realistic," and what that means. Both sides expressed their frustration over the inability of the other side to perceive the obvious truth of what they were saying.

At the end of class, Mr. Potratz (perhaps unwisely) consented to postpone the due date for the single-scene analysis from Friday to next Tuesday, March 31, and he counseled students to get their posteriors into gear.