This is one of the founding works of American avant-garde cinema, reportedly made for around 97 dollars using cigar boxes, tin cans, and toy trains as miniature studio sets, shot largely by two aspiring filmmakers with borrowed equipment and no major-studio backing. It's widely credited with importing German Expressionist visual technique into American independent film, and co-director Slavko Vorkapich went on to invent the rapid-cut transition sequence that became a Golden Age Hollywood editing staple, still known in the industry as a Vorkapich montage.This is one of the founding works of American avant-garde cinema, reportedly made for around 97 dollars using cigar boxes, tin cans, and toy trains as miniature studio sets, shot largely by two aspiring filmmakers with borrowed equipment and no major-studio backing. It's widely credited with importing German Expressionist visual technique into American independent film, and co-director Slavko Vorkapich went on to invent the rapid-cut transition sequence that became a Golden Age Hollywood editing staple, still known in the industry as a Vorkapich montage.
Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich — USA — Avant-garde
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This is one of the founding works of American avant-garde cinema, reportedly made for around 97 dollars using cigar boxes, tin cans, and toy trains as miniature studio sets, shot largely by two aspiring filmmakers with borrowed equipment and no major-studio backing. It's widely credited with importing German Expressionist visual technique into American independent film, and co-director Slavko Vorkapich went on to invent the rapid-cut transition sequence that became a Golden Age Hollywood editing staple, still known in the industry as a Vorkapich montage.