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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484294003321

Autore

Oiva Mila

Titolo

Yves Montand in the USSR : cultural diplomacy and mixed messages / / Mila Oiva, Hannu Salmi, Bruce Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-69048-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages)

Disciplina

784.500924

Soggetti

Cultural diplomacy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About the Book -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: 1956: The International Background -- Post-war 1945-1955 -- 1956: A Year of Crises -- Poland -- Hungary -- Suez -- Chapter 3: The Soviet Thaw and Cultural Diplomacy -- The Onset of the Thaw -- Anomalies -- Everyday Life -- Cultural Diplomacy -- Chapter 4: Biography: Ivo Livi and Yves Montand -- From Ivo Livi to Yves Montand -- Paris -- Recording and Film Stardom -- Simone Signoret -- International Stardom -- Left-Wing Peace Activism -- Chapter 5: Preparations, Hesitations and Decisions -- Beginnings -- Delays, Obstructions and Controversies -- Soviet Preparations -- Chapter 6: The Construction and Reception of Montand's Public Image -- Pre-tour Soviet Celebrity -- Constructing Montand's Celebrity with Music and Print Media -- Montand's Tour in the Soviet Media -- Popular Reactions to the Tour -- Chapter 7: The Film Yves Montand Sings -- Preliminary Plans for the Documentary -- Experience Behind the Camera -- Arrival at Moscow -- The Film Copy and Its Structure -- Prologue (1:00-5:56, c. 5 minutes) -- Moscow (5:56-48:28, c. 43 minutes) -- Leningrad (48:28-1:02:41, c. 14 minutes) -- Kiev (1:02:36-1:13:50, c. 11 minutes) -- Silences and Absences -- Reception of the Film -- Chapter 8: The Music: Lost in Translation -- Music as 'Translation' -- Montand and the Soviet Public -- Repertoire -- Costume and Demeanour -- Content -- Advocacy for Peace --



Evocation of France -- Dissonance -- Chapter 9: Conclusions -- Appendix A: Discography of Yves Montand's Soviet-Made Recordings -- Appendix B: List of Yves Montand Postcards Printed in the USSR -- Research Literature -- Archival Collections -- Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée -- Gaumont Pathé Archives -- Net-Film.

Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI) -- Memoirs -- Diaries -- Interviews -- Magazines, Newspapers and Contemporary Literature -- Films: Chronological Order -- Songbooks -- Recordings -- Radio Programmes -- Internet Sources -- Index.