The Russian Cinema Reader: Volume II, The Thaw to the Present (Cultural Syllabus)

This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film. Each volume consists of newly commissioned essays, excerpts from English language criticism and translations of Russian language essays on subtitled films which are widely taught in American and British courses on Russian film and culture. The arrangement is chronological: Volume one covers twelve films from the beginning of Russian film through the Stalin era; volume two covers twenty films from the Thaw era to the present. General introductions to each period of film history (Early Russian Cinema, Soviet Silent Cinema, Stalinist Cinema, Cinema of the Thaw, Cinema of Stagnation, Perestroika and Post-Soviet Cinema) outline its cinematic significance and provide historical context for the non-specialist reader. Essays are accompanied by suggestions for further reading. The reader will be useful both for film studies specialists and for Slavists who wish to broaden their Russian Studies curriculum by incorporating film courses or culture courses with cinematic material. Volumes one and two may be ordered separately to accommodate the timeframe and contents of courses. Volume one films: Sten'ka Razin, The Cameraman's Revenge, The Merchant Bashkirov's Daughter, Child of the Big City, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, Battleship Potemkin, Bed and Sofa, Man with a Movie Camera, Earth, Chapaev, Circus, Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II. Volume two films: The Cranes are Flying, Ballad of a Soldier, Lenin's Guard, Wings, Commissar, The Diamond Arm, White Sun of the Desert, Solaris, Stalker, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Repentance, Little Vera, Burnt by the Sun, Brother, Russian Ark, The Return, Night Watch, The Tuner, Ninth Company, How I Ended This Summer. Contributors: Birgit Beumers, Robert Bird, David Bordwell, Mikhail Brashinsky, Oksana Bulgakova, Gregory Carlson, Nancy Condee, Julian Graffy, Jeremy Hicks, Andrew Horton, Steven Hutchings, Vida Johnson, Lilya Kaganovsky, Vance Kepley, Jr., Susan Larsen, Mark Lipovetsky, Tatiana Mikhailova, Elena Monastireva-Ansdell, Joan Neuberger, Vlada Petrić, Graham Petrie, Alexander Prokhorov, Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys, Elena Stishova, Vlad Strukov, Yuri Tsivian, Meghan Vicks, Josephine Woll, Denise J. Youngblood

This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film. Each volume consists of newly commissioned essays, excerpts from English language criticism and translations of Russian language essays on subtitled films which are widely taught in American and British courses on Russian film and culture. The arrangement is chronological: Volume one covers twelve films from the beginning of Russian film through the Stalin era; volume two covers twenty films from the Thaw era to the present. General introductions to each period of film history (Early Russian Cinema, Soviet Silent Cinema, Stalinist Cinema, Cinema of the Thaw, Cinema of Stagnation, Perestroika and Post-Soviet Cinema) outline its cinematic significance and provide historical context for the non-specialist reader. Essays are accompanied by suggestions for further reading. The reader will be useful both for film studies specialists and for Slavists who wish to broaden their Russian Studies curriculum by incorporating film courses or culture courses with cinematic material. Volumes one and two may be ordered separately to accommodate the timeframe and contents of courses. Volume one films: Sten'ka Razin, The Cameraman's Revenge, The Merchant Bashkirov's Daughter, Child of the Big City, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, Battleship Potemkin, Bed and Sofa, Man with a Movie Camera, Earth, Chapaev, Circus, Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II. Volume two films: The Cranes are Flying, Ballad of a Soldier, Lenin's Guard, Wings, Commissar, The Diamond Arm, White Sun of the Desert, Solaris, Stalker, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Repentance, Little Vera, Burnt by the Sun, Brother, Russian Ark, The Return, Night Watch, The Tuner, Ninth Company, How I Ended This Summer. Contributors: Birgit Beumers, Robert Bird, David Bordwell, Mikhail Brashinsky, Oksana Bulgakova, Gregory Carlson, Nancy Condee, Julian Graffy, Jeremy Hicks, Andrew Horton, Steven Hutchings, Vida Johnson, Lilya Kaganovsky, Vance Kepley, Jr., Susan Larsen, Mark Lipovetsky, Tatiana Mikhailova, Elena Monastireva-Ansdell, Joan Neuberger, Vlada Petri?, Graham Petrie, Alexander Prokhorov, Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys, Elena Stishova, Vlad Strukov, Yuri Tsivian, Meghan Vicks, Josephine Woll, Denise J. Youngblood

This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film. Each volume consists of newly commissioned essays, excerpts from English language criticism and translations of Russian language essays on subtitled films which are widely taught in American and British courses on Russian film and culture. The arrangement is chronological: Volume one covers twelve films from the beginning of Russian film through the Stalin era; volume two covers twenty films from the Thaw era to the present. General introductions to each period of film history (Early Russian Cinema, Soviet Silent Cinema, Stalinist Cinema, Cinema of the Thaw, Cinema of Stagnation, Perestroika and Post-Soviet Cinema) outline its cinematic significance and provide historical context for the non-specialist reader. Essays are accompanied by suggestions for further reading. The reader will be useful both for film studies specialists and for Slavists who wish to broaden their Russian Studies curriculum by incorporating film courses or culture courses with cinematic material. Volumes one and two may be ordered separately to accommodate the timeframe and contents of courses. Volume one films: Sten ka Razin, The Cameraman s Revenge, The Merchant Bashkirov s Daughter, Child of the Big City, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, Battleship Potemkin, Bed and Sofa, Man with a Movie Camera, Earth, Chapaev, Circus, Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II. Volume two films: The Cranes are Flying, Ballad of a Soldier, Lenin s Guard, Wings, Commissar, The Diamond Arm, White Sun of the Desert, Solaris, Stalker, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Repentance, Little Vera, Burnt by the Sun, Brother, Russian Ark, The Return, Night Watch, The Tuner, Ninth Company, How I Ended This Summer. Contributors: Birgit Beumers, Robert Bird, David Bordwell, Mikhail Brashinsky, Oksana Bulgakova, Gregory Carlson, Nancy Condee, Julian Graffy, Jeremy Hicks, Andrew Horton, Steven Hutchings, Vida Johnson, Lilya Kaganovsky, Vance Kepley, Jr., Susan Larsen, Mark Lipovetsky, Tatiana Mikhailova, Elena Monastireva-Ansdell, Joan Neuberger, Vlada Petri, Graham Petrie, Alexander Prokhorov, Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys, Elena Stishova, Vlad Strukov, Yuri Tsivian, Meghan Vicks, Josephine Woll, Denise J. Youngblood V. 1. 1908 To The Stalin Era. Early Russian Cinema 1908-1919 / Denise J. Youngblood -- New Notes On Russian Film Culture Between 1908 And 1919 / Yuri Tsivian -- Sten'ka Razin / Rimgaila Salys -- The Cameraman's Revenge / Rimgaila Salys -- The Merchant Bashkirov's Daughter / Rimgaila Salys -- Child Of The Big City / Oksana Bulgakova -- Soviet Silent Cinema 1918-1930 / Denise J. Youngblood -- The Extraordinary Adventures Of Mr. West In The Land Of The Bolsheviks / Vance Kepley, Jr., Vlada Petrić -- Battleship Potemkin / Joan Neuberger, Rimgaila Salys, David Bordwell -- Bed And Sofa / Julian Graffy , Rimgaila Salys -- Man With A Movie Camera / Jeremy Hicks -- Earth / Vance Kepley, Jr. -- Stalinist Cinema 1928-1953 / Lilya Kaganovsky -- Chapaev / Steven Hutchings, Oksana Bulgakova -- Circus / Rimgaila Salys -- Ivan The Terrible / Joan Neuberger -- V. 2. The Thaw To The Present. Cinema Of The Thaw 1953-1967 / Alexander Prokhorov -- The Cranes Are Flying / Alexander Prokhorov -- Ballad Of A Soldier / Vida Johnson -- Lenin's Guard / Alexander Prokhorov -- Wings / Tatiana Mikhailova And Mark Lipovetsky -- Commissar / Elena Monastireva-ansdell -- Cinema Of Stagnation Late 1960s-1985 / Elena Prokhorova -- The Diamond Arm / Alexander Prokhorov -- White Sun Of The Desert / Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys -- Solaris / Robert Bird -- Stalker / Vida T. Johnson, Graham Petrie, Robert Bird -- Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears / Lilya Kaganovsky -- Perestroika And Post-soviet Cinema 1985-2000s / Vida Johnson And Elena Stishova -- Repentance / Josephine Woll And Denise J. Youngblood -- Little Vera / Andrew Horton And Mikhail Brashinsky -- Burnt By The Sun / Birgit Beumers, Susan Larsen -- Brother / Birgit Beumers -- Russian Ark / Robert Bird -- The Return / Birgit Beumers, Meghan Vicks -- Night Watch / Vlad Strukov -- The Tuner / Nancy Condee -- Ninth Company / Gregory Carleton -- How I Ended This Summer / Vlad Strukov. Edited By Rimgaila Salys. Includes Bibliographical References. Volume 1. 1908 to the Stalin era. Early Russian cinema 1908-1919 -- Denise J. Youngblood New notes on Russian film culture between 1908 and 1919 -- Yuri Tsivian Sten'ka Razin -- Rimgaila Salys The cameraman's revenge -- Rimgaila Salys The merchant Bashkirov's daughter -- Rimgaila Salys Child of the big city -- Oksana Bulgakova Soviet silent cinema 1918-1930 -- Denise J. Youngblood The extraordinary adventures of Mr. West in the land of the Bolsheviks -- Vance Kepley, Jr., Vlada Petrić Battleship Potemkin -- Joan Neuberger, Rimgaila Salys, David Bordwell Bed and sofa -- Julian Graffy, Rimgaila Salys Man with a movie camera -- Jeremy Hicks Earth -- Vance Kepley, Jr. Stalinist cinema 1928-1953 -- Lilya Kaganovsky Chapaev -- Steven Hutchings, Oksana Bulgakova Circus -- Rimgaila Salys Ivan the Terrible -- Joan Neuberger Volume 2. The thaw to the present. Cinema of the thaw 1953-1967 -- Alexander Prokhorov The cranes are flying -- Alexander Prokhorov Ballad of a soldier -- Vida Johnson Lenin's guard -- Alexander Prokhorov Wings -- Tatiana Mikhailova and Mark Lipovetsky Commissar -- Elena Monastireva-Ansdell Cinema of stagnation late 1960s-1985 -- Elena Prokhorova The diamond arm -- Alexander Prokhorov White sun of the desert -- Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys Solaris -- Robert Bird Stalker -- Vida T. Johnson, Graham Petrie, Robert Bird Moscow does not believe in tears -- Lilya Kaganovsky Perestroika and post-Soviet cinema 1985-2000s -- Vida Johnson and Elena Stishova Repentance -- Josephine Woll and Denise J. Youngblood Little Vera -- Andrew Horton and Mikhail Brashinsky Burnt by the sun -- Birgit Beumers, Susan Larsen Brother -- Birgit Beumers Russian ark -- Robert Bird The return -- Birgit Beumers, Meghan Vicks Night watch -- Vlad Strukov The tuner -- Nancy Condee Ninth company -- Gregory Carleton How I ended this summer -- Vlad Strukov. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cinema of the Thaw 1953-1967 / Alexander Prokhorov -- The Cranes are Flying / Alexander Prokhorov -- Ballad of a Soldier / Vida Johnson -- Lenin's Guard / Alexander Prokhorov -- Wings / Tatiana Mikhailova and Mark Lipovetsky -- Commissar / Elena Monastireva-Ansdell -- Cinema of Stagnation Late 1960s-1985 / Elena Prokhorova -- The Diamond Arm / Alexander Prokhorov -- White Sun of the Desert / Elena Prokhorova, Rimgaila Salys -- Solaris / Robert Bird -- Stalker / Vida T. Johnson, Graham Petrie, Robert Bird -- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears / Lilya Kaganovsky -- Perestroika and Post-Soviet Cinema 1985-2000s / Vida Johnson and Elena Stishova -- Repentance / Josephine Woll and Denise J. Youngblood -- Little Vera / Andrew Horton and Mikhail Brashinsky -- Burnt by the Sun / Birgit Beumers, Susan Larsen -- Brother / Birgit Beumers -- Russian Ark / Robert Bird -- The Return / Birgit Beumers, Meghan Vicks -- Night Watch / Vlad Strukov -- The Tuner / Nancy Condee -- Ninth Company / Gregory Carleton -- How I Ended This Summer / Vlad Strukov Intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema or Russian culture through film, this reader consists of excerpts from English language criticism and translations of excerpts of Russian-language criticism, as well as commissioned essays on thirty subtitled films widely taught in American and British courses on Russian film and culture. 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