The Chaplin machine: slapstick, Fordism and the Communist avant-garde

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Cover; Contents; Introduction: Americanism and Fordism -- and Chaplinism; 1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine: The Constructivist International Encounters the American Comedians; 2. Red Clowns to the Rescue: Biomechanics in Film, Factory and Circus; 3. No Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton: Architectures of Americanism; 4. The Rhythm of Socialist Construction: Soviet Sound Film and the Creation of an Industrial Economy; Conclusion: Life is Getting Jollier, Comrades!; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.;The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West. Cover Contents Introduction: Americanism and Fordism -- and Chaplinism 1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine: The Constructivist International Encounters the American Comedians 2. Red Clowns to the Rescue: Biomechanics in Film, Factory and Circus 3. No Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton: Architectures of Americanism 4. The Rhythm of Socialist Construction: Soviet Sound Film and the Creation of an Industrial Economy Conclusion: Life is Getting Jollier, Comrades! Acknowledgements Notes Index.