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TheNewBabylonisametaphoricalclashofglitteringsurfacesanddeepsocialcynicismthatmarkedtheclimaxofGrigoriKozintsevandLeonidTrauberg'sexperimentationswiththeconventionsoftheSovietsilentcinema.TakingtheirthematicinspirationfromthestoryoftheParisCommuneof1871,thetwodirectorsfashionedahighlyconceptualizedallegoryofsocialstrataunderpressurethattranscendsitshistoricalrootstoformasardoniccommentonthehumancondition.<br/> Themusic,byDimitryShostakovitch,isalsointegraltothefilm'snarrativestructure.Normallyinfilm,themusicservestocomplimentoramplifythevisualimage.Therelationshipisoneofconjunction.InTheNewBabylon,however,Shostakovitchcreatesarelationshipthroughtheoppositionofsoundandimage.Inthemusichallscene,forexample,thecomposerinterfacescomponentsofthe"can-can"andthe"Marseillaise"withthevulgarspectacleofthepageanttoformamusicalcommentontheFrenchmiddleclass.<br/> Althoughtheavant-gardeaspectsofTheNewBabyloncausedittofallsomewhatindisfavorduringtheregimeofJosefStalin,itispreciselythoseelementsthatcauseittoremainofinteresttoday.AlthoughrankingsomewhatbelowthepioneeringeffortsofSergeiEisensteinandVsevolodPudovkinwhosetheoriesgreatlyinfluenceditscreation,TheNewBabylonstillrepresentsaninnovativeuseofthecinemaandoneofthehighpointsoftheSovietsilentcinema.
