Tracing the thread…
Pioneer of montage theory who constructed meaning through the collision and juxtaposition of disparate images, fundamentally shaping cinematic collage aesthetics.
Jean-Luc Godard FranceDeconstructed narrative cinema through fragmentation, text overlays, and assemblage of found footage, treating film itself as a collage of cultural debris.
David Lynch United StatesBlends surrealism, industrial imagery, and fractured narratives into dreamlike collages that juxtapose the mundane with the unsettling.