Kino : A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, with a New Postscript and a Filmography Brought up to the Present by Jay Leyda (1983, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691003467
ISBN-139780691003467
eBay Product ID (ePID)949930
Product Key Features
Number of Pages584 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameKino : A History of the Russian and Soviet Film, with a New Postscript and a Filmography Brought up to the Present
Publication Year1983
SubjectFilm / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
AuthorJay Leyda
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight29 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN82-048563
Reviews"The only work to give such a full and fluent survey of that great area of film production which has been both a stimulus and an enigma to the rest of the world."-- The New York Times Book Review, The only work to give such a full and fluent survey of that great area of film production which has been both a stimulus and an enigma to the rest of the world. -- The New York Times Book Review, The only work to give such a full and fluent survey of that great area of film production which has been both a stimulus and an enigma to the rest of the world., "The only work to give such a full and fluent survey of that great area of film production which has been both a stimulus and an enigma to the rest of the world." -- The New York Times Book Review
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.430
Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition
SynopsisBeginning with the Lumiere filming of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, this title presents an observation of a major cultural phenomenon: the evolution of the Soviet film as an artistic and political instrument. It contains 150 drawings and photographs and five appendices, including a list of selected Russian and Soviet films., This history of the turbulent destiny of Kino ("film" in Russian) documents the artistic development of the Russian and Soviet cinema and traces its growth from 1896 to the death of Sergei Eisenstein in 1948. The new Postscript surveys the directions taken by Soviet cinema since the end of World War II. Beginning with the Lumiere filming of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, Jay Leyda links Russia's pre-Revolutionary past with its Communist present through the observation of a major cultural phenomenon: the evolution of the Soviet film as an artistic and political instrument. The book contains 150 drawings and photographs and five appendices, including a list of selected Russian and Soviet films from 1907 to the present.