Ivan the Terrible: The Film Companion

by Joan Neuberger

Book Overview

Eisenstein's last, unfinished masterpiece is a strange, complex and haunting film. Commissioned personally by Stalin in 1941, the project 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 Ivan's making, Joan Neuberger's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860645607
• ISBN13: 9781860645600
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"