Designing Russian Cinema: The Production Artist and the Material Environment in Silent Era Film

ISBN-13: 9781350246362 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

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Introduction 1. The Early-Russian Production Artist: Design, Creativity and Technology I. Professional Backgrounds and Artistic Training II. Collaborative Partnerships and Studio Practices III. Roles and Responsibilities: From the Film Decorator to the Film Architect 2. The Rural Provinces I. The Russian Landscape and the Search for a Native Cinema II. Ethnographic Authenticity in late-Imperial Cinema III. Transforming the Rural Environment: The Enchantment of Infrastructure and Technology in early Soviet Cinema 3. The Domestic Interior I. The House as Entrapment: The Domestic Interiors of Boris Mikhin and Evgenii Bauer II. The House as Ornament: Objects and the Desiring Gaze in late-Imperial Cinema III. The House as Shelter: Material and Psychological Comfort in 1920s Soviet Cinema 4. The Workplace I. The Private Study in Evgenii Bauer’s Films: Individual Desire and Power Relations II. Fantasy and the Everyday Reality of Labour: Aelita (1924) and The Overcoat (1926) III. Cinematic Expressivity and Pleasure in the Industrial Workplace, from Engineer Prait’s Project (1918) to Golden Mountains (1931) 5. In the Studio and on the Stage I. The Painter’s Atelier II. Cinema Studios and Auditoriums III. The Circus Arena Conclusion Selected Bibliography Filmography Appendix