Ep 10 - Pre-Code Montage feat. Peter Labuza

USC Postdoctoral Fellow and twitter.com/Cinephiliacshost Peter Labuza (twitter.com/labuzamovies) joins us to dissect the history of montage (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montage_(filmmaking)). Specifically, we discuss the use of montages in Pre-Code Hollywood (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood) cinema.

In the brief period between the introduction of synchronized sound and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production [AKA Hays] Code (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Productio…), artists like Slavko Vorkapich (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavko_Vorkapich) pioneered the use of montages: sequences which condense time and space to convey story beats, emotional states, and break the rules of conventional realism.