Cinema and Soviet Society: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin (KINO - The Russian Cinema)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (736 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1860645682 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorPeter Kenez is Professor of History at University of California at Santa Cruz.
"I am reading it with great enthusiasm. A scholarly approach" according to Juan Vargas. I am reading it with great enthusiasm. A scholarly approach. He states if you want to read about popular films (my words) that can be found elsewhere. He presents a scholarly review of the times, the organizations, censorship (more so "collaboration") that went into surveillance of and. "An Essential Book on Soviet Cinema" according to Michael Samerdyke. Anyone who wants to understand the movies of the Soviet Union should start with this book. It is very thorough and written in a lively, bright style that is free of academic jargon.Kenez begins with the pre-Revolutionary film industry and shows how it broke down and was built back up b
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.. The story of Soviet film in the period covered by Peter Kenez is central to the history of world cinema
Peter Kenez is Professor of History at University of California at Santa Cruz.