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

, by Shlapentokh,Dmitry

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ISBN: 9780202304625 | 0202304620
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Copyright: 12/31/1993

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Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

PART I Theoretical and Historical Introduction

Social Reality and Ideology in Interaction

(244)

Soviet Movies and the Objectivist-Constructionist Controversy about Realities

(4)

The Concept of Reality in This Book

(1)

Movie Reality as a Source of Information about Society

(3)

Ideology and the Content of Movies

(6)

Methodology

(2)

Notes

(2)

State, Ideology, and Film in Soviety History

Soviet Movies As the Main Weapon of Soviet Ideology

(1)

Fictional Reality in Movies and Soviet Life

(1)

The Choice of Ideology

(2)

Soviet Movie Directors and Truth

(1)

How Filmmakers Were Controlled

(6)

The Gradual Release from Fear

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(6)

PART II Soviet Movies in the Revolutionary Period (1918-1928): Cordial Acceptance of Official Ideology

Soviet Movies in the Aftermath of the October Revolution: The Civil War

The Ideological Climate

(1)

Revolutionary Ideology and the Movies

(1)

General Characteristics of the Movies

(4)

Anti-Bolshevik Movies

(3)

Notes

(2)

The Partial Restoration of Capitalism (1921-1929)

The Ideological Climate and the Movies

(2)

Movies in the Early 1920s

(10)

Heroes in Private Life and Heroes As Lovers

(3)

First Hidden Critics from the Inside

(1)

Private Life as a Device

(2)

The Historical Device

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(4)

PART III Movies During Stalin's Time: Total Submission to the Official Ideology

Stalin and Soviet Movies

Stalin's Infatuation with Cinema

(3)

Soviet Cinematographers and Stalin

(2)

Notes

(3)

Industrialization and Collectivization (1929-1934)

The Ideological Climate

(3)

The Praise of Technology and Collectivism

(2)

The Old Enemies: The Members of the Old Classes

(3)

New Nationalists

(2)

Notes

(2)

Time of Mass Terror (1934-1941)

Ideological Climate

(4)

Soviet Cinematographers in the Time of Terror

(16)

Notes

115

(2)

The Great Patriotic War

War Ideology: The Focus on Russian Nationalism

117

(1)

The Unity of People in the War

118

(1)

The Glorification of Great Russians from the Past

119

(2)

Stalin's Postwar Years

The Ideological Climate

121

(4)

Conclusion

125

(1)

Notes

125

(4)

PART IV The Game with Official Ideology

Movies during the First Thaw (1954-1968): Timid Challenges to Official Ideology

A New Ideological Atmosphere

129

(1)

Coding and Decoding Works of Literature and Art

130

(1)

The First Thaw

131

(1)

Ideologically Loyal Movies

132

(1)

The Praise of Intellectuals

133

(1)

Social Conflicts and Flaws in Soviet Life

134

(1)

The Legitimation of the Individual and His or Her Private Life

135

(4)

The First Movies about Love

139

(1)

A New Type of Hero-True Russians

140

(5)

Notes

145

(2)

Movies in the Period of Conservatism (1968-1985): The Use of Diversified Official Ideology for Social Critique

The Political and Ideological Situation in 1968

147

(2)

The Political Behavior of Filmmakers

149

(1)

The Major Actors in Movies of Brezhnev's Time

150

(21)

Conclusion

171

(1)

Notes

172

(5)

PART V Soviet Cinematographers Reject Official Ideology: Cinema during the Last Years of the Soviet Empire

The First Years of Freedom: The Beginning of the Offensive against Official Ideology

Moviemakers and the Political Struggle in Gorbachev's Time

177

(1)

The Self-Defense of the Old Cadres

178

(2)

The Idols of the Soviet Movie Industry

180

(1)

The Political Struggle around New Movies between 1986 and 1989

181

(1)

The First Movies in the Spirit of Glasnost (1986-1988)

181

(1)

Notes

182

(3)

Movie Heroes 1986-1989

Bureaucrats

185

(2)

Bureaucrats As the Enemies of Perestroika

187

(1)

``Democratic Bureaucrats'' in Gorbachev's Time

188

(1)

Soviet Youth in the First Years of Perestroika

188

(6)

The Masses

194

(1)

Disbelief in the Success of Perestroika

195

(1)

Notes

196

(1)

Total Freedom from Totalitarianism and Its Ideology

The Radical Ideological Shift (1989-1992)

197

(1)

The Emergence of a New Ideology in Movies

197

(3)

The Absurdity of Soviet Reality

200

(1)

Russian Critics Discover Socialist Realism in American Movies

200

(1)

The Triumph of Existential Nihilism

201

(1)

The Extent of Pessimism in Russian Movies

202

(2)

From the Conquest of the Cosmos to the Flight to the Cosmos

204

(1)

The Lack of Hope in Movies

205

(2)

Pessimist Ideology As a Reflection of Russian Reality

207

(1)

Another Source of Ideological Inspiration: Popular Hedonism

208

(1)

The Russian Question in the Movie Industry

208

(2)

Privatization, Marketization, and Ideology

210

(1)

The Emergence of New Bosses

211

(1)

The West and Ideology in Russian Movies

211

(1)

Russian Directors in the West

212

(1)

New Heroes of Russian Movies (1989-1992)

213

(1)

Former Negative Heroes

213

(13)

Former Positive Heroes

226

(7)

Notes

233

(6)

Russian Movies After the Fall of the Empire

Nostalgic Views of Filmmakers in 1992

239

(1)

Russian Viewers Refuse to See Sozart Movies and Prefer American Movies

240

(1)

The Sudden Effect of the Old Stalinist Movies

241

(1)

Conclusion

242

(1)

Final Notes

242

(2)

Notes

244

(1)

References

245

(6)

Illustrations

251

(6)

Filmography

257

(10)

Director List

267

(7)

Index

274

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