Disney Hollywood And A Russian

Author : Jerome Teelucksingh
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783743851115

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Disney, Hollywood and a Russian by Jerome Teelucksingh Pdf

This novel is set in the Caribbean and United States. The characters are eccentric, unique and amusing. This fiction also deals with serious issues- the abuse of prescription medicine, illegal immigrants, inaccurate medical diagnosis and obesity. There is also a focus on the noteworthy contributions and presence of Caribbean migrants in such states as Florida and New York. Their culture eventually becomes part of the society.

Author : Harlow Robinson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1555536867

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Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians by Harlow Robinson Pdf

The story of Russian emigres in Hollywood and the depiction of Russians in Hollywood films

Author : Birgit Beumers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118424704

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A Companion to Russian Cinema by Birgit Beumers Pdf

A Companion to Russian Cinema provides an exhaustive and carefully organised guide to the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia, of the Soviet era, as well as post-Soviet Russian cinema, edited by one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema studies. The most up-to-date and thorough coverage of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, which also effectively fills gaps in the existing scholarship in the field This is the first volume on Russian cinema to explore specifically the history of movie theatres, studios, and educational institutions The editor is one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema studies, and contributions come from leading experts in the field of Russian Studies, Film Studies and Visual Culture Chapters consider the arts of scriptwriting, sound, production design, costumes and cinematography Provides five portraits of key figures in Soviet and Russia film history, whose works have been somewhat neglected

Author : Marina Balina,Larissa Rudova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135865566

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Russian Children's Literature and Culture by Marina Balina,Larissa Rudova Pdf

Soviet literature in general and Soviet children’s literature in particular have often been labeled by Western and post-Soviet Russian scholars and critics as propaganda. Below the surface, however, Soviet children’s literature and culture allowed its creators greater experimental and creative freedom than did the socialist realist culture for adults. This volume explores the importance of children’s culture, from literature to comics to theater to film, in the formation of Soviet social identity and in connection with broader Russian culture, history, and society.

Author : Stephen M. Norris
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253007087

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Blockbuster History in the New Russia by Stephen M. Norris Pdf

Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history. Unsettled by the government's move toward market capitalism, Russians embraced these historical blockbusters, packing the American-style multiplexes that sprouted across the country. Stephen M. Norris examines the connections among cinema, politics, economics, history, and patriotism in the creation of "blockbuster history"—the adaptation of an American cinematic style to Russian historical epics.

Author : Anton Weiss-Wendt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350130555

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Putin’s Russia and the Falsification of History by Anton Weiss-Wendt Pdf

This book provides a bold examination of the political use of history in contemporary Russia. Anton Weiss-Wendt argues that history is yet another discipline misappropriated by the Kremlin for the purpose of rallying the population. He explains how, since the pro-democracy protests in 2011–12, the Russian government has hamstrung independent research and aligned state institutions in the promotion of militant patriotism. The entire state machinery has been mobilized to construe a single, glorious historical narrative with the focus on Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Putin's Russia and the Falsification of History examines the intricate networks in Russia that engage in “historymaking.” Whether it is the Holocaust or Soviet mass terror, Tsars or Stalin, the regime promotes a syncretic interpretation of Russian history that supports the notion of a strong state and authoritarian rule. That interpretation finds its way into new monuments, exhibitions, and quasi-professional associations. In addition to administrative measures of control, the Russian state has been using the penal code to censor critical perspectives on history, typically advanced by individuals who also happen to call for a political change in Russia. This powerful book shows how history is increasingly becoming an element of political technology in Russia, with the systematic destruction of independent institutions setting the very future of History as an academic discipline in Russia in doubt.

Author : Vlad Strukov
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474407656

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Contemporary Russian Cinema by Vlad Strukov Pdf

Analysing films by established directors such as Sokurov and Zel'dovich, as well as lesser-known filmmakers like Balabanov and Kalatozishvili, this book explores the particular style of film presentation that has emerged in Russia since 2000, characterised by its use of highly abstract concepts and visual language.

Author : Brian Landers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681770208

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Empires Apart by Brian Landers Pdf

A fresh, commanding, and thought-provoking narrative history of the competing Russian and American empires. The American road to empire started when the first English settlers landed in Virginia. Simultaneously, the first Russians crossed the Urals and the two empires that would dominate the twentieth century were born. Empires Apart covers the history of the Americans and Russians from the Vikings to the present day. It shows the two empires developed in parallel as they expanded to the Pacific and launched wars against the nations around them. They both developed an imperial 'ideology' that was central to the way they perceived themselves. Soon after, the ideology of the Russian Empire also changed with the advent of Communism. The key argument of this book is that these changes did not alter the core imperial values of either nation; both Russians and Americans continued to believe in their manifest destiny. Corporatist and Communist imperialism changed only the mechanics of empire. Both nations have shown that they are still willing to use military force and clandestine intrigue to enforce imperial control. Uniquely, Landers shows how the broad sweep of American history follows a consistent path from the first settlers to the present day and, by comparing this with Russia's imperial path, demonstrates the true nature of American global ambitions.

Author : Martin Kanzler,Patrizia Simone
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789287192325

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Focus 2022 World Film Market Trends by Martin Kanzler,Patrizia Simone Pdf

[bilingual edition ENG / FRE] Focus 2022: an anniversary issue! "This FOCUS marks a double anniversary for the European Audiovisual Observatory: this year we celebrate the 25th edition of this publication and also the 30th anniversary of the Observatory itself. The fact that FOCUS goes back 25 years in our history proves that the film market is of crucial importance to our work! In 25 years, we have constantly expanded our film-related expertise and services, and in parallel the scope of our data collection. This was only possible due to our invaluable networks, especially the EFARN, which therefore deserves our sincere thanks on the occasion of these anniversaries. The FOCUS report, however, would not have developed as it did without the vision of our partner, the Marché du Film and in particular Jérôme Paillard, its longstanding Executive Director, whom we will always link to this publication even after his imminent retirement. Thank you Jérôme for all these years of wonderfully easy cooperation! We are looking forward to continuing our work with your successor Guillaume Esmiol and the exceptional staff that he “inherits” from you." Susanne Nikoltchev, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory

Author : Ernest D. Giglio
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 1433106442

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Here's Looking at You by Ernest D. Giglio Pdf

Now in its third edition, Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film and Politics examines the tangled relationship between politics and Hollywood, which manifests itself in celebrity involvement in political campaigns and elections, and in the overt and covert political messages conveyed by Hollywood films. The book's findings contradict the film industry's assertion that it is simply in the entertainment business, and examines how, while the majority of Hollywood films are strictly commercial ventures, hundreds of movies - ranging from Birth of a Nation to Capitalism - do indeed contain political messages. This new edition has been updated with new photos and cartoons, and includes two new chapters, one on Afghan-Iraqi war films and the other on the treatment of race and gender in Hollywood films, that are sure to stimulate discussion. Here's Looking at You serves as a basic text for political film courses and as a supplement in American government and film studies courses, and will also appeal to film buffs and people in the film industry.

Author : Ed Glaser
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476644677

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How the World Remade Hollywood by Ed Glaser Pdf

For decades, filmmakers worldwide have been remaking Hollywood movies in colorful ways. They've chronicled a singing and dancing Hannibal Lecter in India, star-crossed lovers aboard the doomed Nigerian ship Titanic, a Japanese expedition to the planet of the apes, and an uncivil war in Turkey between Captain America and a mobbed-up Spider-Man. Most of these films were low budget and many were unauthorized, but all of them were fantastic--and lately have begun to resurface thanks to cherry-picked YouTube clips. But why and how were they made in the first place? This book tells the little-known stories of the wily filmmakers who made an Italian 007 flick by casting Sean Connery's tradesman brother, produced a Turkish space opera by stealing a print of Star Wars for its effects footage, and transported a full-fledged Terminator to the present day--not from a post-apocalyptic future, but from the vibrant mythology of Indonesia. Their stories reveal more than mere imitations; they demonstrate the fascinating ways ideas evolve as they cross borders.

Author : Choi Chatterjee,Beth Holmgren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415893411

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Americans Experience Russia by Choi Chatterjee,Beth Holmgren Pdf

Americans Experience Russia analyzes how American scholars, journalists, and artists experienced and interpreted Russia/the Soviet Union over the last century. It critically engages with postcolonial theories which posit that a self-valorizing, unmediated west dictated the colonial encounter. In examining the fiction, film, journalism, treatises, and histories Americans produced out of their 'Russian experience, ' this volume closely analyzes these texts, locates them in their sociopolitical context, and gauges how their producers' profession, politics, gender, class, and interaction with native Russian interpreters conditioned their authored responses to Russian/Soviet reality.

Author : Marina L. Levitina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857729699

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'Russian Americans' in Soviet Film by Marina L. Levitina Pdf

Certain aspects of American popular culture had a formative influence on early Soviet identity and aspirations. Traditionally, Soviet Russia and the United States between the 1920s and the 1940s are regarded as polar opposites on nearly every front. Yet American films and translated adventure fiction were warmly received in 1920s Russia and partly shaped ideals of the New Soviet Person into the 1940s. Cinema was crucial in propagating this new social hero. While open admiration of American film stars and heroes of literary fiction in the Soviet press was restricted from the late 1920s onwards, many positive heroes of Soviet Socialist Realist films in the 1930s and 1940s were partially a product of Soviet Americanism of the previous decade. Some of the new Soviet heroes in films of the 1930s and 1940s possessed traits noticeably evocative of the previously popular American film stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Pearl White and Mary Pickford. Others cinematically represented the contemporary trope of the 'Russian American,' an ideal worker exemplifying the Stalinist marriage of 'Russian revolutionary sweep' with 'American efficiency. 'Russian Americans' in Soviet Film analyses the content, reception and underlying influences of over 60 Soviet and American films, the book explores new territory in Soviet cinema and Soviet-American cultural relations. It presents groundbreaking archival research encompassing Soviet audience surveys, Soviet film journals and reviews, memoirs and articles by Soviet filmmakers, and scripts, among other sources. The book reveals that values of optimism, technological skill, efficiency and self-reliance - perceived as quintessentially American - were incorporated into new Soviet ideals through channels of cross-cultural dissemination, resulting in cultural synthesis.

Author : Karin Beeler,Stan Beeler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786475964

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Children's Film in the Digital Age by Karin Beeler,Stan Beeler Pdf

Films of the past 15 years have been released in a number of formats and reflect a reconceptualization of film genres, audiences and the impact of technology on adaptation. Focusing on multiple audiences, film adaptation, nationalism, globalism and consumer culture, this collection of new essays explores how children's film can be re-examined alongside recent developments in their production. These analyses consider the effect of multimedia strategies on the child audience, the opportunities for viewer participation and the pedagogical implications of films for children. The essays also address how childhood is embedded within films and linked to various consumer contexts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UCSC:32106011037303

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Sight and Sound by Anonim Pdf