Real Images: Soviet Cinema and the Thaw (KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema)

"Real Images" is the first book to investigate, and analyze Soviet cinema of ""the thaw"" from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Kruschev's rule. Josephine Woll explains how Soviet industry and filmmakers strove to satisfy audiences' hunger for films, while accommodating the political mood shifts that characterized the period. Film and filmmakers played a critical role in the Soviet Union's attempts to get out from underneath Stalinist ideology."-- Provided by publisher Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 8 KINO: The Russian Cinema Series General Editor’s Preface......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Part I The Big Sleep, 1953-56......Page 18 1. The Big Sleep: Introduction......Page 20 2. The Fallen Idol......Page 31 3. Beat the Devil......Page 47 4. Modem Times......Page 59 Part II The Rules of the Game, 1957-59......Page 74 5. The Rules of the Game Introduction......Page 76 6. The Best Years of Our Lives......Page 83 7. Great Expectations......Page 100 Part III The Grand Illusion, 1960-64......Page 118 8. The Grand Illusion: Introduction......Page 120 9. Children of Paradise......Page 129 10. Lost Horizon......Page 142 11. Kameradschaft......Page 155 12. Meet John Doe......Page 168 Part IV Strange Interlude, 1964-6......Page 178 13. Strange Interlude: Introduction......Page 180 14. Odd Man Out......Page 186 15. The Last Laugh......Page 201 Part V Forbidden Games, 1965-67......Page 216 16. Forbidden Games: Introduction......Page 218 17. To Have and Have Not......Page 226 18. Farewell, My Lovely......Page 242 Notes......Page 246 Filmography......Page 269 Bibliography......Page 272 Index......Page 275 During ""the thaw"" from Stalins death in 1953 to the late 1960s and Khrushchevs rule, Soviet society experienced major transformations. So did films. In this first comprehensive account of the relationship between politics and cinema in this period, Josephine Woll skillfully interweaves cultural history with film analysis to explore how movies at once responded to the changes around them and helped engender them. She considers dozens of individual films within the context of Khrushchevs policies and the artistic foment they inspired. This text investigates and analyzes Soviet cinema of "the thaw", from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Khruschev's rule. Josephine Woll explains how Soviet industry and film-makers strove to satisfy audiences' hunger for films, whilst accommodating politics. This text investigates and analyses Soviet cinema of the thaw, from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Khruschev's rule