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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818240003321

Autore

Hatherley Owen

Titolo

The Chaplin machine : slapstick, fordism and the Communist avant-garde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Pluto Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78371-773-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

791.43028092

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Soviet Union - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Americanism and Fordism - and Chaplinism; 1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine: The Constructivist International Encounters 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!; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West