From Sergei Eisenstein’s explosive montage theory to Dziga 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.

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