Soviet Cinematography, 1918-1991

Ideological Conflict and Social Reality

Michael R. Greenberg, Dmitry Shlapentokh

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AldineTransaction
31 December 1993

Films, movies & cinema; Propaganda; Cinema industry

Series: Communication & Social Order

With a historical sweep that recent events have made definitive, the authors examine the influence of Soviet ideology on the presentation of social reality in films produced in the Soviet Union between the October Revolution and the final days of glasnost. Within the framework of an introduction that lays out the conceptual terminology used to describe that shifting ideological landscape, the authors analyze both the social groups appearing in the films and the relations of film directors and other film makers to state censorship and ideological control.

Edited by: Michael R. Greenberg, Dmitry Shlapentokh
Imprint: AldineTransaction
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780202304625
ISBN 10: 0202304620
Series: Communication & Social Order
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 31 December 1993
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments PART I Theoretical and Historical Introduction 1. Social Reality and Ideology in Interaction 2. State, Ideology, and Film in Soviet History PART II Soviet Movies in the Revolutionary Period (1918-1928): Cordial Acceptance of Official Ideology 3. Soviet Movies in the Aftermath of the October Revolution: The Civil War 4. The Partial Restoration of Capitalism (1921-1929) PART III Movies During Stalin's Time: Total Submission to the Official Ideology 5. Stalin and Soviet Movies 6. Industrialization and Collectivization (1929-1934) 7. Time of Mass Terror (1934-1941) 8. The Great Patriotic War 9. Stalin's Postwar Years PART IV The Game with Official Ideology 10. Movies during the First Thaw (1954-1968): Timid Challenges to Official Ideology 11. Movies in the Period of Conservatism (1968-1985): The Use of Diversified Official Ideology for Social Critique PARTV Soviet Cinematographers Reject Official Ideology: Cinema during the Last Years of the Soviet Empire 12. The First Years of Freedom: The Beginning of the Offensive against Official Ideology 13. Movie Heroes 1986-1989 14. Total Freedom from Totalitarianism and Its Ideology 15. Russian Movies After the Fall of the Empire References Illustrations Filmography Director List Index

Dmitry Shlapentokh, Professor of History, Indiana University, South Bend, received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and his Master's degrees in History from Moscow University and Michigan State University. The author of several articles on various issues in modem Russian history, Dr. Shlapentokh is also a writer of short stories and poetry in Russian. Vladimir Shlapentokh, Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University. He is the author of numerous books, professional articles, and newspaper columns on Soviet issues.

Reviews for Soviet Cinematography, 1918-1991: Ideological Conflict and Social Reality

Outstanding Title!... The Shlapentokhs proceed simply. They make a statement about the Soviet Union (or even post Soviet Union), a statement of sociology, politics, religion, or psychology (like xenophobia or crime); then they support the statement (or contradict it with exceptions) by examining a handful of movies. The result, however, is far from simple; it is a superlative, rich, advanced course in the conflict between the real Soviet world and the fictional reality created by directors attempting to obey the injunctions of the ideological apparatus. .. Oddly enough, all the good books on Soviet cinema are now 20 years old; this new book concentrates on these 20 years. The best parts concern Stalin. Whenever a movie is about Stalin, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively, the book becomes vital, dramatic, unique... [I]t is the most fascinating and up to date. --P. H. Stacy, Choice In Soviet Cinematography, 1918-1991, Dmitry and Vladimir Shlapentokh set a specifically sociological agenda for themselves, to examine the influence of official ideology, i.e., the ideology supported by the centralized state, on the presentation of social reality by Soviet cinema. .. The book consists of a chronological cataloging of several hundred Soviet films. --Denise J. Youngblood, Slavic Review Dmitry and Vladimir Shlapentokh... trace the history of Soviet cinema by noting the effects of various state-mandated ideologies on selected films. --Vance Kepley, Jr., The Russian Review