Vsevolod Pudovkin : classic films of the Soviet avant-garde / Amy Sargeant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sargeant, Amy, 1962-

Series:

KINO, the Russian cinema series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich, 1893-1953.

Pudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich.

Motion pictures--Soviet Union.

Motion pictures.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris, 2000.

Summary:

Leon Moussinac, surveying the Soviet cinema scene in 1928, proclaimed Pudovkin, Eisenstein, and Vertov as its leading triumvirate. Yet there has been too little published on Pudovkin' s significant work in Soviet cinema. Amy Sargeant' s welcome book on Pudovkin assesses his career and his films, including the well-known features "The Mother" and "The End of St. Petersburg," exploring their style and the circumstances surrounding their production. She also looks at the production and reception of his writings on film technique and performance, both inside the Soviet Union and in the West.

Contents:

KINO: The Russian Cinema Series General Editor's Preface xxxvi

1 The old regime and the new: from Hammer and Sickle to Chess Fever 1

2 Russian Physiology and Pudovkin's The Mechanics of the Brain (the Behaviour of Animals and Man) 29

3 The Mother and the return of the actor 55

4 The End of St. Petersburg 81

5 Storm over Asia 111

6 A Simple Case and The Deserter: the sound film and sound film acting 139

7 The Eisenstein/Pudovkin Controversy 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1860644554

OCLC:

46372457