{"product_id":"not-according-to-plan-maria-belodubrovskaya-9781501709944","title":"Not According to Plan: Filmmaking Under Stalin","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, Maria Belodubrovskaya reveals the limits on the power of even the most repressive totalitarian regimes to create and control propaganda. Belodubrovskaya's revisionist account of Soviet filmmaking between 1930 and 1953 highlights the extent to which the Soviet film industry remained stubbornly artisanal in its methods, especially in contrast to the more industrial approach of the Hollywood studio system. \u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e shows that even though Josef Stalin recognized cinema as a \"mighty instrument of mass agitation and propaganda\" and strove to harness the Soviet film industry to serve the state, directors such as Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and Pudovkin had far more creative control than did party-appointed executives and censors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Belodubrovskaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501709941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501709944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Maria Belodubrovskaya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935201067263,"sku":"9781501709944","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_223c14e0-29d7-4ecd-9379-8ab782fa2951.jpg?v=1681418443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-according-to-plan-maria-belodubrovskaya-9781501709944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}