The musical comedy films of Grigorii Aleksandrov : laughing matters / / Rimgaila Salys

• Autore: Salys Rimgaila
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL, : Intellect, : University of Chicago Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43617094709043; 808.823
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture producers and directors - Soviet Union; Motion pictures - Soviet Union - History; Musical films - Soviet Union - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Veselye Rebiata; Chapter 2: Tsirk; Chapter 3: Volga - Volga; Chapter 4: Svetlyi put'; Appendix A: A Day of Filming with Director G. Aleksandrov's Circus Crew; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Grigorii Aleksandrov's musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s-1940s. Based on studio documents, press materials and interviews with surviving members of Aleksandrov's film crews, this book presents the untold history of the films, situating them in the Stalin era, and suggesting new interpretations of individual films.Salys approaches the films from the standpoint of western criticism, arguing that although Socialist Realism attempted to suppress the genre, Aleksandrov's films consistently preserved the archetypes of Amer
• Titolo autorizzato: The musical comedy films of Grigorii Aleksandrov
• ISBN: 1-282-45570-2; 9786612455704; 1-84150-347-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827180003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II