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Finding Babel / Odessa Films presents ; written by David Novack, Andrei Malaev-Babel, Kris Liem ; produced by David Novack ; executive produced by Roger Waters, Alexis Zoullas ; directed by David Novack.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940.
- Babelʹ, I.
- Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940--Criticism and interpretation.
- Malaev-Babel, Andrei.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Soviet Union--History.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- [United States?] : Odessa Films, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English and Russian with English subtitles; closed captioned.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- "Isaac Babel's writings are subversive masterpieces, challenging the ideology of the early Soviet Union, and resulting in his arrest and execution in 1940. On the 75th anniversary of Isaac Babel's execution, Finding Babel follows Andrei Malaev-Babel, his grandson, on a journey to come closer to some sense of truth. Hoping to better understand Babel's powerful artistic method and elusive persona, Andrei journeys through Ukraine, France and Russia; locations deeply tied to the story of his grandfather. He confronts lingering traces of a turbulent history that echo in Babel's writing and in the conflicts and climate of today's Ukraine and Russia. With each stop, Andrei gets closer to the complex stories that Babel wrote with depth and hidden meaning. Ultimately, through powerful interviews and a painful examination of Babel's NKVD file, Andrei engages with his grandfather's arrest, torture and execution. Babel's life story and his fiction are woven into Andrei's search with ethereal animation that puts viewers, like Babel's readers, somewhere between reality and fantasy"--Film website.
- Participant:
- Voice of Isaac Babel: Liev Schreiber.
- Credits:
- Edited by Kris Liem, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner; cinematography by Scott Shelley, Sam Henriques; original score by Ljova.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by Odessa films.
- OCLC:
- 965455153
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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