The Magic Mirror

Moviemaking in Russia, 1908-1918

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de Denise J. Youngblood

Type

Studies

Sujet

Countries > Russia / USSR

Mots Clés

Russia, 1910s, history of cinema

Année d'édition

1999

Editeur

University of Wisconsin Press

Collection

Wisconsin Studies in Film

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 224 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

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ISBN-13

0-299-16234-6
978-0-299-16234-4

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Description de l'ouvrage:
"A compelling account of the social basis of the development of Russian cinema."
—Vance Kepley, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Amid the instability and violence of turn-of-the-century industrialization and urbanization Russians embraced a revolutionary art form to reflect the aspirations and motivations of a new class. In The Magic Mirror Denise Youngblood portrays a newly urbanized entrepreneurial middle class—not the revolutionaries or imperialists of historians—and the movies they made and paid to see. Upon those screens they saw their lives depicted in all their variety and uncertainty.

Youngblood provides a cultural angle into an era most often viewed through a revolutionary lens. Film and the film industry illuminates and reflects the popular attitudes of the time.

The Magic Mirror is a study of the ten years of native film production through the Revolutions of 1917, based almost exclusively on Russian language primary sources. Topics examined include the organization and evolution of the industry followed by description and analysis of genres, motifs, and themes as exemplified in 65 of the most important surviving films.

Description de l'ouvrage:
Denise Youngblood is associate professor of history at the University of Vermont and the author of Movies for the Masses and Soviet Cinema in the Soviet Era.

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