In 1917 the Bolsheviks proclaimed a world remade. The task of the new regime, and of the media that served it, was to reshape the old world in revolutionary form, to transform the vast, "ungraspable" space of the Russian Empire into the mapped territory of the Soviet Union. This book shows how Soviet cinema encouraged popular support for state initiatives in the years between the revolution and the Second World War, helping to create a new Russian identity and territory--an "imaginary geography" of Sovietness. Drawing on a vast range of little-known texts, Emma Widdis offers a unique...
In 1917 the Bolsheviks proclaimed a world remade. The task of the new regime, and of the media that served it, was to reshape the old world in revolut...
This first introduction to Alexander Medvedkin's filmmaking career traces his process of developing a unique brand of cinematic satire throughout the period of the Soviet revolutionary experiment. Using original archival material and Medvedkin's writings for his unfinished autobiography, Widdis explores the films The Miracle Worker, New Moscow and the experimental ""film train""--or kinopoezd--as well as the film Happiness.
This first introduction to Alexander Medvedkin's filmmaking career traces his process of developing a unique brand of cinematic satire throughout the ...
