Cross-sectional film

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The cross-sectional film is a non-fictional film form created in the 1920s that follows an associative montage principle without focusing on specific events or protagonists . The subject of a cross-sectional film can thus be read as an abstract, aesthetic representation of certain spaces. A chronological sequence of actions that are not directly related can function as a narrative structure.

Some cross-sectional films can also be referred to as compilation films, since they use raw material that is already available.

Film samples

• Lázló Moholy-Nagy : Grossstadtzigeuner, D 1932/33.
• Dziga Vertov : The Man with the Camera , USSR 1929.
• Edgar Beyfuß: The wonders of the film. A work song from work on the cultural film, Germany 1928.
• Walther Ruttmann : Berlin: The Symphony of the Big City , D 1927.