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. ------Original Message------ From: Nikolay Nikiforov <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] 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.