Fade from Red: the cold war ex-enemy in Russian and American film 1990 - 2005
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Main Authors: Goscilo, Helena 1945- (Author), Goscilo, Margaret Bożenna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington New Academia Publ. 2014
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Item Description:This study investigates the close correlation between politics and mainstream cinema vividly evidenced in Russian and American screen images of the former Cold War enemy from 1990 to 2005. Whereas glasnost and the demise of the Soviet Union ushered in a period of official cooperation that soon inflated into rhetorical declarations of partnership, the fifteen years under examination saw the gradual deterioration of relations after the initial euphoria, culminating in a partial resumption of mutual Cold War recriminations. The American blockbusters under analysis outnumber the major Russian selections because of the notorious discrepancy in production volume between Hollywood and Russian studios (especially during the 1990s) -- an incommensurability bemoaned by representatives of the Russian film industry. Moreover, while we recognize that widely advertised money-making blockbusters may provide a more reliable index of both official priorities and vox populi, we have included a number of smaller-scale or financially less successful films that encapsulate the political agenda of a given period. Considerations of length influenced our process of selection, which favored eloquent illustration over automatic exhaustiveness. -- publisher's page. - Includes filmography (page [321]-322)
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-320) and index
Physical Description:X, 417 S. Ill. 23 cm