Review Montage: Cinema's Only Invention, by Jacques Aumont

Abstract

The book we are reviewing, Montage: the only invention of cinema (2020) by JacquesAumont, published in Spanish by La Marca Editora, is an essayistic text in five partsthat offers a critical genealogy on the invention, imposition and renovation of filmmontage in order to question the current lack of theorization in the face of itscontemporary praxis. As a warning, it considers digitalization and depersonalization asbase phenomena to rethink the practice of montage in the face of the drifts ofcontemporary cinema and audiovisuals.