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Author Neuberger, Joan, 1953- author.

Title This thing of darkness : Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia / Joan Neuberger.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 404 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The potholed path : Ivan in production -- Shifts in time : Ivan as history -- Power personified : Ivan as biography -- Power projected : Ivan as fugue -- How to do it : Ivan as polyphonic montage -- The official reception : Ivan as triumph and nightmare.
Summary "Eisenstein's diaries and production notebooks show that he carefully planned Ivan the Terrible to be a devastating critique of Stalinism, a profound study of the tragedy of absolute power, and a wildly innovative use of montage, all wrapped inside a narrative that would receive Stalin's approval"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948.
Criticism and interpretation.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 -- In motion pictures.
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584.
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 -- In motion pictures.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence.
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union.
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
Soviet Union.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Neuberger, Joan, 1953- This thing of darkness. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501732768 (DLC) 2018035596
ISBN 1501732773 (electronic book)
9781501732775 (electronic book)
9781501732782 (kindle edition)
1501732781 (kindle edition)
9781501732768 (hardcover)