Film Form
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Film Form is a seminal collection of essays by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that articulates his influential theories of montage and cinematic structure.
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| Film Form canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Film Form Context triple: [Sergei Eisenstein, wrote, Film Form]
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Short Film Palme d’Or
The Short Film Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing outstanding achievement in short-form cinema.
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Marché du Film
Marché du Film is the Cannes Film Festival’s major international film market, where industry professionals buy, sell, and promote films and projects.
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Bollywood cinema
Bollywood cinema is the mainstream Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India, known for its song-and-dance musicals, melodrama, and massive cultural influence across South Asia and the global Indian diaspora.
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D.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent and mid-budget feature films.
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Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the film industry based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, primarily producing Tamil-language movies and known for its influential contributions to Indian and global cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Film Form Target entity description: Film Form is a seminal collection of essays by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein that articulates his influential theories of montage and cinematic structure.
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A.
Short Film Palme d’Or
The Short Film Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing outstanding achievement in short-form cinema.
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B.
Marché du Film
Marché du Film is the Cannes Film Festival’s major international film market, where industry professionals buy, sell, and promote films and projects.
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C.
Bollywood cinema
Bollywood cinema is the mainstream Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India, known for its song-and-dance musicals, melodrama, and massive cultural influence across South Asia and the global Indian diaspora.
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D.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent and mid-budget feature films.
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E.
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the film industry based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, primarily producing Tamil-language movies and known for its influential contributions to Indian and global cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ |
| about |
Sergei Eisenstein’s films
ⓘ
linked to:
Sergei Eisenstein
cinematic perception ⓘ film editing ⓘ theory of montage ⓘ |
| author | Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
ⓘ
art theory ⓘ cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
film theory
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
English-language edition
ⓘ
Russian-language edition ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a seminal work in film theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
academic film studies
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film theory ⓘ montage theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxism
ⓘ
dialectics ⓘ |
| languageOfThisEdition | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Soviet montage theory
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet montage school
cinematic structure ⓘ film aesthetics ⓘ montage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of cinematic form and structure
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status as a classic text in film studies ⓘ systematic exposition of Eisenstein’s montage theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace
ⓘ
linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
|
| translator | Jay Leyda ⓘ |
| usedAs | university textbook in film studies ⓘ |
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