Sergei Eisenstein's dialectial montage was even more relevant to Pound than
the objective symbolism used by Griffith. I'd like to know if he references
Eisenstein. Japanese character writing helped inspire him to create
montages based on the ideogrammic method. Did Eisenstein read Fenollosa?
I'm looking for a Griffith reference in the Cantos but have not come up with
anything. Griffith's filmmaking is bogged down by sensationalism and
melodramma. I can't imagine that Pound would have found that appealing.
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From: Nikolay Nikiforov <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: October 16, 2000 7:00:35 AM GMT
Subject: Griffith
Hadn't Pound wrote anything about Griffith? I remember Birth of the
Nation mentioned somewhere in Cantos (but the canto I forgot, so it
would be very nice if someone would remind it). Personally I doubt if
there are any films besides Griffith's deserving to be called art.