Neuberger, Joan,  1953- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501732775 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018036651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Influence.<br/>Ivan IV,  Czar of Russia,  1530-1584 --In motion pictures.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--Political aspects--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997  / .T457 2019