The Chaplin machine : slapstick, Fordism and the Communist avant-garde /

The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hatherley, Owen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Chaplin, Charlie, > 1889-1977 > Influence.
Chaplin, Charlie, > 1889-1977
Chaplin, Charlie > 1889-1977
Motion pictures > Soviet Union > History.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Soviet Union.
Fordism.
Cinéma > URSS > Histoire.
Fordisme.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Fordism
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Motion pictures
Slapstick
Rezeption
Experimentalfilm
Fordismus
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction: Americanism and Fordism
  • and Chaplinism; 1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine: The Constructivist International Encounters the American Comedians; 2. Red Clowns to the Rescue: Biomechanics in Film, Factory and Circus; 3. No Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton: Architectures of Americanism; 4. The Rhythm of Socialist Construction: Soviet Sound Film and the Creation of an Industrial Economy; Conclusion: Life is Getting Jollier, Comrades!; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.

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