This paper is an exploration of the ways in which the concept of montage (a principle of film editing developed first by a group of Russian film makers in the 1920s) might be mobilised in support of the teaching of English, in particular the teaching of poetry.  I will argue that montage can be used as the basis of a different kind of pedagogy in English, one that is able to explore the multi-modal dimensions of literary texts and sponsor critical enquiry.