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Eisenstein, Cinema, and History

By James Goodwin

Book information

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0252019644, 9780252019647
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23237451 bytes)
Edition
New
Pages
262\277
Time added
2021-08-15 12:26:20

Description

Among early directors, Sergei Eisentein   stands alone as the maker of a fully historical cinema. James Goodwin treats   issues of revolutionary history and historical representation as central to   an understanding of Eisentein's work, which explores two movements within Soviet   history and consciousness: the Bolshevik Revolution and the Stalinist state. Goodwin articulates intersections   between Eisentein's ideas and aspects of the thought of Walter Benjamin, Georg   Lukács, Ernst Bloch, and Bertolt Brecht. He also shows how the formal   properties and filmic techniques of each work reveal perspectives on history   . Individual chapters focus on Strike, Battleship Potemkin, October, Old   and New, projects of the 1930s, Alexander Nevsky, and Ivan the   Terrible.   Contents Preface Introduction CHAPTER ONE Index illustrations

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