Grigory Aleksandrov

Eisenstein’s former collaborator Grigory Aleksandrov edited it in rough accordance with Eisenstein’s original outline and released it as Que viva Mexico! (1979).

Grigory Aleksandrov denounced synchronous sound in favor of asynchronous, contrapuntal sound—sound that would counterpoint the images it accompanied to become another dynamic element in the montage process. Like the practical editing problem, the theoretical debate over the appropriate use of sound was eventually resolved by…