This thing of darkness : Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia /
Neuberger, Joan, 1953-
This thing of darkness : Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia / Joan Neuberger. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xvii, 404 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501732775
2018036651
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948 --Criticism and interpretation.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Influence.
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 --In motion pictures.
Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Motion pictures--Political aspects--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
PN1997 / .T457 2019
This thing of darkness : Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia / Joan Neuberger. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xvii, 404 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
"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"--
9781501732775
2018036651
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948 --Criticism and interpretation.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Influence.
Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584 --In motion pictures.
Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Motion pictures--Political aspects--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
PN1997 / .T457 2019