| Cinema and Soviet Society: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin Contributor(s): Kenez, Peter (Author), Beumers, Birgit (Editor), Kaganovsky, Lilya (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1860645682 ISBN-13: 9781860645686 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: The story of Soviet film in the period covered by Peter Kenez is central to the history of world cinema. The author explores the roots of Soviet cinema in the film heritage of pre-Revolutionary Russia; the changes in content, style, technical means, and production capacities generated by the Revolution of 1917; the constraints on form and subject imposed from the 1930s in the name of Socialist Realism; the relative freedom of expression accorded to film-makers during World War Two; and the extraordinary repression during the final years of the Stalin era. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2001270261 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.83 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of Soviet film over the period covered by Peter Kenez is central to the history of World Cinema. In this revised, updated paperback edition of his classic text, Peter Kenez explores the roots of Soviet cinema in the film heritage of pre-Revolutionary Russia, tracing the changes in content, style, technical means and production capacities generated by the Revolution of 1917; the constraints on form and subject imposed from the 1930s in the name of Socialist Realism; the relative freedom of expression accorded to film-makers during World War Two; and the extraordinary repression during the final years of Stalin era. Based on original research both in the former Soviet Union and elsewhere in the primary sources of Eastern Europe, this is the essential student text on the period which produced the major films of such 'greats' as Eisenstein, Vertov, Kuleshov, Pudovkin and many more. |