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The Iron Curtain of Russian Film: Russian Cinematography 1917-1934

This thesis will study the separation between the three primary eras of Soviet cinema (Tsarist/Provisional Government-era, Bolshevik-era, and Stalinist-era) and how Soviet workers (both urban and rural) were affected by, reacted to, and associated with film propaganda. The thesis will attempt to establish a narrative that follows Soviet film from its early creation and nationalization in 1919 to the heavily oppressive Stalinist era. A variety of organizations, films, and individuals are studied to relate public perception to the use of film as propaganda. The thesis will also focus on the bourgeois film leaders that lead the film industry. Not only will Soviet leaders be studied, but the reaction of urban and rural workers to films will be considered. Soviet film strategy had goals of selling a collective Soviet identity to the urban and rural worker in the Soviet Union. There are similarities and differences between the urban and rural working Soviet, but both groups ultimately rejected the avant-garde style of Soviet film.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uno.edu/oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:honors_theses-1107
Date01 May 2018
CreatorsLevatino, Michael Anthony, Jr.
PublisherScholarWorks@UNO
Source SetsUniversity of New Orleans
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceSenior Honors Theses
Rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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