Soviet Cinema in the Silent Era, 1918-1935

by Denise J. Youngblood

Book Overview

The golden age of Soviet cinema, in the years following the Russian Revolution, was a time of both achievement and contradiction, as reflected in the films of Eisenstein, Pudovkin, and Kuleshov. Tensions ran high between creative freedom and institutional constraint, radical and reactionary impulses, popular and intellectual cinema, and film as social propaganda and as personal artistic expression. In less than a decade, the creative ferment ended,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292776454
• ISBN13: 9780292776456
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"