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Ivan the Terrible: The Film Companion (KINOfile)

By Joan Neuberger

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
1860645607, 9781860645600, 9781417516315
LCC
PN1997.I77 N48 2003
Open Library ID
OL22535870M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5386251 bytes)
Pages
128\156
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Eisenstein's last, unfinished masterpiece is a strange, complex and haunting film. Commissioned personally by Stalin in 1941, Ivan the Terrible placed Eisenstein in the paradoxical situation of having to glorify Stalinist tyranny in the image of Ivan without sacrificing his own artistic and political integrity--or his life. Drawing on sources that include Eisenstein's personal archive and the memoirs of those involved in the film's making, Joan Neuberger's vivid account reveals how, in almost impossible circumstances, Eisenstein managed to create a film of cinematic innovation, intellectual depth and political critique. She reveals the film to be both a great work of art and a product of the time and place in which it was made.

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