The Cinema of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781904764984)

This volume explores the cinema of the former Soviet Union and contemporary Russia, ranging from the pre-Revolutionary period to the present day. It offers an insight into the development of Soviet film, from 'the most important of all arts' as a propaganda tool to a means of entertainment in the Stalin era, from the rise of its 'dissident' art-house cinema in the 1960s through the glasnost era with its broken taboos to recent Russian blockbusters. Films have been chosen to represent both the classics of Russian and Soviet cinema as well as those films that had a more localised success and remain to date part of Russia's cultural reference system. The volume also covers a range of national film industries of the former Soviet Union in chapters on the greatest films and directors of Ukrainian, Kazakh, Georgian and Armenian cinematography. Films discussed include Strike (1925), Earth (1930), Ivan's Childhood (1962), Mother and Son (1997) and Brother (1997).

Author: Birgit Beumers
ISBN-10: 1904764983
ISBN-13: 9781904764984
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Language: English
Published: 04/24/2007
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.83h x 7.65w x 0.92d