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- Book Title
- Cinema in Service of the State
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1782389962
ISBN-13
9781782389965
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212918750
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
406 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cinema in Service of the State : Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960
Publication Year
2015
Subject
Europe / Germany, Film / History & Criticism, Industries / Entertainment
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Business & Economics, History
Series
Film Europa Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
25.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-014048
Reviews
"A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." · Sean Allan, The University of Warwick, "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." · Seán Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." * Choice "Cinema in Service of the State is a valuable step towards a broader understanding of cinema in the Soviet Bloc." * Apparatus "Lars Karl and Pavel Skopal have produced an intriguing edited volume that addresses a significant lacuna in transnational cinema scholarship." * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television "Offers valuable insights into institutions that no longer exist, yet still resemble our own present institutions with their anxious tics and politicized economic imperatives... The volume provides an appropriate reference work for anyone working on Eastern bloc media from the period." * Studies in Eastern European Cinema "The contributions convince not only through their analytical penetration of a difficult research area but also through conscientious dealing with the extremely rich source material." * Fotografie und Film "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR--and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." * Seán Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." Choice "Lars Karl and Pavel Skopal have produced an intriguing edited volume that addresses a significant lacuna in transnational cinema scholarship." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television "Offers valuable insights into institutions that no longer exist, yet still resemble our own present institutions with their anxious tics and politicized economic imperatives... The volume provides an appropriate reference work for anyone working on Eastern bloc media from the period." Studies in Eastern European Cinema "The contributions convince not only through their analytical penetration of a difficult research area but also through conscientious dealing with the extremely rich source material." Fotografie und Film "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." Sen Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." Choice "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." Sen Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." · Choice "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." · Seán Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." Choice "The contributions convince not only through their analytical penetration of a difficult research area but also through conscientious dealing with the extremely rich source material." Fotografie und Film "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." Sen Allan, The University of Warwick, "Given the signal role that "the most important of the arts" (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book's intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of "film studies," offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society." Choice "Lars Karl and Pavel Skopal have produced an intriguing edited volume that addresses a significant lacuna in transnational cinema scholarship." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television/Studies in Eastern European Cinema "The contributions convince not only through their analytical penetration of a difficult research area but also through conscientious dealing with the extremely rich source material." Fotografie und Film "A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR-and a rare example of a volume that 'looks East' and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole." Sen Allan, The University of Warwick
Series Volume Number
18
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: CULTURAL POLICY AND CINEMA Chapter 1. From Soviet Zone to Volksdemokratie: The Politics of Film Culture in the GDR, 1945-1960 David Bathrick Chapter 2. Czechoslovak Culture and Cinema, 1945-1960 Jirí Knapík PART II: PRODUCTION AND CO-PRODUCTION Chapter 3. "Veterans" and "Dilettantes": Film Production Culture vis-à-vis Top-down Political Changes, 1945-1962 Petr Szczepanik Chapter 4. Barrandov's Co-Productions: The Clumsy Way to Ideological Control, International Competitiveness, and Technological Improvement Pavel Skopal Chapter 5. Co-Productions (Un)Wanted: 1950s East/West German Film Collaborations and the Impact of Sovietisation on DEFA's Prestige Agenda Mariana Ivanova Chapter 6. No TV without Film: Production Relations between the DEFA Studios and Deutscher Fernsehfunk Thomas Beutelschmidt PART III: NON-FICTIONAL CINEMA Chapter 7. Military Film Studios before 1970: Between Cinematic Avant-Garde and Films on Command Václav Smidrkal Chapter 8. Socialism for Sale: Czechoslovak Krátký film, Custom-Made Film Production, and the Promotion of Consumer Culture in the 1950s Lucie cesálková PART IV: CHILDREN'S CINEMA Chapter 9. Between Magic and Education: the First Fairy Tale Films in the GDR Christin Niemeyer Chapter 10. Children's Films: Between Education, Art and Industry Lukás Skupa PART V: FILM FESTIVALS Chapter 11. Decreed Open-Mindedness: The Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Festival in the 1960s as an example of the self-representation of the East German State Andreas Kötzing Chapter 12. National, Socialist, Global: The Changing Roles of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 1946-1956 Jindriska Bláhová PART VI: DISTRIBUTION AND RECEPTION Chapter 13. Cinema Cultures of Integration: Film Distribution and Exhibition in the GDR and Czechoslovakia from the Perspective of Two Local Cases, 1945-1960 Kyrill Kunakhovich and Pavel Skopal Chapter 14. A Decade between Resistance and Adaptation: The Leipzig University Film Club (1956-1966) Fernando Ramos Arenas Chapter 15. Screening the Occupier as Liberator: Soviet War Films in the SBZ and the GDR, 1945-65 Lars Karl Filmography Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades, they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization, and the conservative retrenchment of the late 1950s. This volume comprehensively explores the postwar film cultures of both nations, using a "stereoscopic" approach that traces their similarities and divergences to form a richly contextualized portrait. Ranging from features to children's cinema to film festivals, the studies gathered here provide new insights into the ideological, political, and economic dimensions of Cold War cultural production.
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PN1993.5.G33C57 2015
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