Sad Comedy of El'Dar Riazanov - Couverture souple

MacFadyen, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773526366 ISBN 13 : 9780773526365

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Russia's funniest and most popular films are the work of El'dar Riazanov, a director whose light, lyrical tales of love lost and found have garnered audiences of over one hundred million. Although Western scholars have largely ignored Riazanov's oeuvre in favour of more serious filmmakers, no director in Russia has been so loved by both the public (openly) and politicians (covertly). His early comedies mapped the relations between society and socialism, allowing him to create a radically apolitical art of kindness and kindred spirits. what - if any - relationship that popularity had to Soviet policy. Using the works of Deleuze, Lacan, and Kristeva, MacFadyen looks at how Riazanov's films relate to society, audience demand, and Soviet politics. In more than 20 love stories that have precious little to do with statecraft, Soviet or otherwise, Riazanov captures the willful inclusiveness of socialist culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David MacFadyen is a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at UCLA. He has written extensively on Soviet popular culture and is the author of The Sad Comedy of Èl'dar Riazanov and several books on Joseph Brodsky.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773526366
• ISBN 13: 9780773526365
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible