Blockbuster history in the new Russia : movies, memory, and patriotism /

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Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history. Unsettled by the government's move toward market capitalism, Russi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norris, Stephen M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Motion pictures > Russia (Federation) > History > 21st century.
Patriotism in motion pictures.
Patriotisme au cinéma.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures
Patriotism in motion pictures
Russia (Federation) > In motion pictures.
Russia (Federation)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: multiplexing Russia
  • The Russia that we lost. The first blockbuster of the new nation
  • Terrorism then and now
  • Wars and gambits
  • A requiem for communism
  • The price of war. Mirror of war
  • Playing with history
  • Back in the USSR. The blessed blockbuster
  • The Soviet horror show
  • Fantasy pop history. Animating the past
  • The look of fantasy
  • The business of patriotism
  • The production of the past
  • Conclusion: packaging the past.

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