The Chaplin machine slapstick, Fordism and the Communist Avant-Garde - Hatherley, Owen 1981- (Pluto Press, 2016)
Inhalt. 1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine: the constructivist International ecounters the American Comedians -- 2. Red Clowns to the Rescue: biomechanics in film, factory, and circus -- 3. No Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton: architectures of Americanism -- 4. The Rhythm of Socialist Construction: Soviet Sound Film and the creation of an industrial economy -- Conclusion: life is getting jollier, Comrades !
Keywords: Geschichte 1917-1937; Fordismus; Amerikabild; Plakat; Film; Konstruktivismus -- Kunst; Slapstick; Sowjetunion