Soviet Art House: Lenfilm Studio Under Brezhnev

by Catriona Kelly

Book Overview

Its unique ability to sway the masses has led many observers to consider cinema the artform with the greatest political force. The images it produces can bolster leaders or contribute to their undoing. Soviet filmmakers often had to face great obstacles as they struggled to make art in an authoritarian society that put them not only under ideological pressure but also imposed rigid economic constraints on the industry. But while the Brezhnev era of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197548377
• ISBN13: 9780197548370
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.9"