ABSTRACT
In 1925 Russian film-maker Sergei Eisenstein created the Battleship Potempkin,
a film which has been described as one of the most influential films ever made.
In a single film Eisenstein showed how time could be collapsed and expanded
purely through editing technique. Barely anyone who has attended film school
will have escaped studying Eisenstein’s work. Yet this pioneer film-maker, who
has been referred to as the father of montage, used the simplest of tools to
create his masterpiece.
