A subject is not a pretext, it is the very foundation of the work. . . . A film devoted to a narrative, performed and directed without any other aim but that narrative, handled through the objective exposition of a series of actions, has nothing to do with theater.
Henri Fescourt and Jean-Louis Bouquet, 1925
Cinegraphic images do not illustrate an action. They themselves are the action.
Germaine Dulac, 1927
Is this a new dramaturgy toward which images are now reaching? More or less stripped of all technique, they really signify only in association with each other, just as words which are simple and rich in meaning must do.
Jean Epstein, 1927
For us and us alone the Lumière brothers invented the cinema. There we were at home. Its darkness was like that of our bedrooms before we fell asleep. Perhaps the screen might be the equal of our dreams.
Robert Desnos, 1927
In order for the cinema to realize its potential, it has to be freed from the domination of capital. What will do that? The system of production of a socialist economy. And since this socialist economy is only possible through revolutionary means, we await the Revolution.
Leon Moussinac, 1927