Fear Before the Fall

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de Alexander Herbert

Type

Studies

Sujet

Countries > Russia / USSR

Mots Clés

Soviet cinema, horror, 1980s

Année d'édition

2023

Editeur

Zero Books

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 144 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-78904-979-4

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Alienation, generational tensions, rampant nationalism and the pervasiveness of atomic danger are all topics that haunted late Soviet citizens, and those fears are reflected in the films meant to represent their horror genre. In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, production of horror movies from independent filmmakers and Hollywood skyrocketed. It was a time of intense Cold War conflict and a resurgence of conservative ideals. It's not difficult to imagine that the ascent of horror occurred in conjunction with an increasingly scary and alienated world, and horror reflected those freights in the form of nuclear holocausts, toxic waste pollution, alien clown invaders and undead houseguests. Everyone was at risk - teenagers especially - because their present and future remained most uncertain. If we can agree that such feelings underpinned American viewers in the age of Reagan and neo-liberalism, then what about late socialism? How did film makers depict Soviet society's fears?

À propos de l'auteur :
Alexander Herbert is a PhD candidate in Soviet History at Brandeis University, specializing in environmental activism and the history of technology leading up to collapse. He lives in East Providence, RI.

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