Russian film, as in everything they do, is quite gloomy, in the way that they cannot do a film, painting or whatever without the theme being sad or suffering, just like in Odessa steps. The russian stereotype is they are cruel and coldhearted and it is not without reason. Although, the music in Odessa steps does create the effect of the montage and its very intense but without the music, it would be a lot of people and children getting killed.
And then again, in Man with a camera, its quite doll. Although, the speed and the amount of activity in the film make it seem quite interesting and its not boring or tireing to watch. But also, then again, the concept of montage plays a huge role with the music and the speed.
Futurist Music
Personally, I can't find any structure or sense to any of these songs. It is interesting to think how this can and could have been considered music. Maybe at the time because of the many new sounds introduced by the machines and the avant-garde composers took advantage of them. 'Futurist noise' might've been a better title.
These songs remind me of a song called 'Jessica', which is their intro soundtrack, made in Top Gear UK (a car show) entirely out of sound coming from engines from different cars.
The outcome, just as futurist music, is not any good at all, even though, the notes are met and the song can be heard.
De Stijl
I'm glad that the idea that De Stijl was going to be the style from that point forward didn't catch up. Only the paintings in three dimensions of this movement are interesting. The non-three dimensional are very doll and very easy. Yes, it might be forward looking because of the right angles and the non-natural objects, but they are not one bit interesting. If I'd looked at this without any backgroud at all, I'd think they were made at a coffee break by a bunch of unskilled people who couldn't care less about painting or art.
All that being said, I think that De stijl works nicely on architecture and desing. The right angles and simple and not-complicated shaped in architecture are functional, easier to make, cheaper, and they look better. But the most important thing is that it cannot fail. It might not be so appealing or beautiful, but it is not ugly.
The Growth of European Abstraction
There is a huge difference between other european abstract painters and Wassily Kandinski. Wassily Kandinsky is much more interesting and violent. The colors and the shapes and the amount of shapes are very violent. Europeans are a bit less rough. The colors are brighter, the paintings show more concrete shapes, more structural and consequently, less interesitng. There is just so much more to see and a lot more meaning to try to find in Kandinsky's paintings that any other.
Personally, I can't find any structure or sense to any of these songs. It is interesting to think how this can and could have been considered music. Maybe at the time because of the many new sounds introduced by the machines and the avant-garde composers took advantage of them. 'Futurist noise' might've been a better title.
These songs remind me of a song called 'Jessica', which is their intro soundtrack, made in Top Gear UK (a car show) entirely out of sound coming from engines from different cars.
The outcome, just as futurist music, is not any good at all, even though, the notes are met and the song can be heard.
De Stijl
I'm glad that the idea that De Stijl was going to be the style from that point forward didn't catch up. Only the paintings in three dimensions of this movement are interesting. The non-three dimensional are very doll and very easy. Yes, it might be forward looking because of the right angles and the non-natural objects, but they are not one bit interesting. If I'd looked at this without any backgroud at all, I'd think they were made at a coffee break by a bunch of unskilled people who couldn't care less about painting or art.
All that being said, I think that De stijl works nicely on architecture and desing. The right angles and simple and not-complicated shaped in architecture are functional, easier to make, cheaper, and they look better. But the most important thing is that it cannot fail. It might not be so appealing or beautiful, but it is not ugly.
The Growth of European Abstraction
There is a huge difference between other european abstract painters and Wassily Kandinski. Wassily Kandinsky is much more interesting and violent. The colors and the shapes and the amount of shapes are very violent. Europeans are a bit less rough. The colors are brighter, the paintings show more concrete shapes, more structural and consequently, less interesitng. There is just so much more to see and a lot more meaning to try to find in Kandinsky's paintings that any other.
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