How the Soviet Avant-Garde Invented TikTok

Watch Soviet avant-garde classics with a free 7-day trial on Klassiki → (https://films.klassiki.online/checkou...) From Eisenstein’s explosive montage theory to Vertov’s radical “Cine-Eye,” the Soviet avant-garde didn’t just revolutionise cinema — it laid the foundations for how we experience media today. TikTok may feel like the future, but in many ways, it’s echoing the past. → What is Klassiki? Your go-to streaming platform for curated cinema from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and beyond. → Follow us: Instagram:   / klassiki.online   X/Twitter:   / klassiki_online   Facebook:   / klassiki-100052319903979   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Klassiki/ Website: https://films.klassiki.online 🎞 Written & Narrated by Ewan Waddell (@ewan.runescape) 🎬 Produced & Edited by @runescape.gallery References: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) Earth (Oleksandr Dovzhenko, 1930) “TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants” — Cal Newport, The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...) "The TikTok economy" — Erdoğan and Birol (https://shorturl.at/fyiyX) #sovietcinema #TikTok #Eisenstein #Vertov #Montage #Klassiki #VideoEssay #ManWithAMovieCamera #BattleshipPotemkin #KuleshovEffect #CineEye #EasternEuropeanCinema #AvantGardeFilm