G.W. Pabst - 1931
A great message, shot well by Pabst. His usual slightly jerky style, cutting I can't help but see as illogical, and poetic images (especially with light reflecting off water, spectacular slow dustclouds, falling imagery. Pabst is all over the tracks here, earlier we saw a reticence in this, but now he uses them to move across crowds, and freedom and autonomy of the camera.
The relation to Soviet cinema? The general machinery and clothing. There are some singles, low angle, of workers. Also the silent-Soviet style of still figures gesturing, a silent style.
The plot isn't overly complicated, but has that nice double movement that brings people together. The message of workers united before nationalisty; great. The translation lines return constantly, questioning that for communication (as Godard would later, by the by). So yes, we liked a lot of things about this.
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