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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822508603321

Autore

Hellman Ben <1949->

Titolo

Filming the unfilmable : Casper Wrede's "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" / / Ben Hellmann, Andreii Rogachevskii ; with a foreword by Ian D. Thatcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2014

ISBN

3-8382-6594-7

Edizione

[Second, revised and expanded edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society

Disciplina

822.914

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Production and direction - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION; 1 A FILM IN THE CAREER OF CASPER WREDE; 2 COSTINGS AND FUNDING; 3 PRE-PRODUCTION; 4 FILMING; 5 THE BOOK - THE SCRIPT - THE FILM: A COMPARISON; 6 RECEPTION; EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDICES; I RUSSIA ON MY MIND; II STUDENT FEEDBACK; III MIKHAIL DEMIN'S DRAWINGS FOR THE SET OF CASPER WREDE'S ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH; IV OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

V STAGING THE UNSTAGEABLE: CASPER WREDE'S PRODUCTION OF HOPE AGAINST HOPE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE(1983)Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume shares the fascinating story of the cinematic adaptation of one of the world's most influential novels. An all-encompassing account of the film's production and reception, the account is filled with little-known facts and valuable insight into Solzhenitsyn's complex relationship with filmmaking.