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Border crossing : Russian literature into film / edited by Alexander Burry and Frederick H. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burry, Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian literature--Film adaptations.
- Russian literature.
- Film adaptations--Russia.
- Film adaptations.
- Emigration and immigration in literature.
- Emigration and immigration in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2016
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Applying the metaphor of the 'border crossing' from one temporal or spatial territory into another, Border Crossing: Russian Literature into Film examines the way classic Russian texts have been altered to suit new cinematic environments.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- Introduction: Filming Russian Classics—Challenges and Opportunities
- 1 Across the Russian Border
- 2 Dostoevskii’s “White Nights”: The Dreamer Goes Abroad
- 3 On Not Showing Dostoevskii’s Work: Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket
- 4 Stealing the Scene: Crime as Confession in Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket
- 5 The Eye-deology of Trauma: Killing Anna Karenina Softly
- 6 “A Vicious Circle”: Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward no. 6
- 7 A Slap in the Face of American Taste: Transporting He Who Gets Slapped to American Audiences
- 8 Against Adaptation? The Strange Case of (Pod) Poruchik Kizhe
- 9 Chasing the Wealth: The Americanization of Il’f and Petrov’s
- 10 Fassbinder’s Nabokov—From Text to Action: Repressed Homosexuality, Provocative Jewishness, and Anti-German Sentiment
- 11 “The Soviet Abroad (That We Lost)”: The Fate of Vasilii Aksenov’s Cult Novel A Starry Ticket on Paper and on Screen
- Conclusion: Passport Control—Departing on a Cinematic Journey
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280), filmography (pages 281-287) and index.
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- ISBN:
- 9781474425919
- 1474425917
- 9781474418454
- 1474418457
- 9781474411431
- 1474411436
- OCLC:
- 1103684063
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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