Post-Revolution Nonfiction Film: Building the Soviet and Cuban Nations

Author:   Joshua Malitsky
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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Pages:   290
Publication Date:   20 March 2013
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Author:   Joshua Malitsky
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780253007667


ISBN 10:   0253007666
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   20 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Revolutionary Rupture and National Stability Part 1 2. Kino-Nedelia, Early Documentary, and the Performance of a New Collective, 1917-1921 3. A Cinema Looking For People: The Individual and the Collective in Immediate Post-Revolutionary Cuban Nonfiction Film Part 2 4. The Dialectics of Thought and Vision in the Films of Dziga Vertov, 1922-1927 5. (Non)Alignments and the New Revolutionary Man Part 3 6. Esfir Shub, Factography, and the New Documentary Historiography 7. The Object of Revolutionary History: Santiago Álvarez' Commemorative Newsreels and Chronicle Documentaries, 1972-1974 Notes Filmography Bibliography Index

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A book that analyzes Soviet cinema side-by-side with Cuban film is welcome, even though the two countries are represented here in parallel.... Highly recommended. Choice


Joshua Malitsky here mines a rich seam. By closely comparing Vertov and Alvarez he uncovers 'post-revolutionary nonfiction film' as a discernible entity with commonalities shared across time and cultures. The extensive indeed vast archive of newsreels from both filmmakers is well worth the thorough attention he gives it, suggesting a context for their better-known documentaries. And his situating of Esfir Shub's compilations as not so much an alternative to Vertov but rather a wholesale replacement approach to agitprop is also compelling. All in all, Malitsky offers a crucial corrective to much received thinking on 20th century radical film. Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK--Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK


<p> Joshua Malitsky here mines a rich seam. By closely comparing Vertov and Alvarez he uncovers 'post-revolutionary nonfiction film' as a discernible entity with commonalities shared across time and cultures. The extensive -- indeed vast -- archive of newsreels from both filmmakers is well worth the thorough attention he gives it, suggesting a context for their better-known documentaries. And his situating of Esfir Shub's compilations as not so much an alternative to Vertov but rather a wholesale replacement approach to agitprop is also compelling. All in all, Malitsky offers a crucial corrective to much received thinking on 20th century radical film. --Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK--Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK


[M]alitsky's book is an extremely valuable contribution to both film theory and film history and should become required reading for students of film with a focus on documentary.October 2014 * Russian Review * A book that analyzes Soviet cinema side-by-side with Cuban film is welcome, even though the two countries are represented here in parallel. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *


<p>Joshua Malitsky here mines a rich seam. By closely comparing Vertov and Alvarez he uncovers 'post-revolutionary nonfiction film' as a discernible entity with commonalities shared across time and cultures. The extensive--indeed vast--archive of newsreels from both filmmakers is well worth the thorough attention he gives it, suggesting a context for their better-known documentaries. And his situating of Esfir Shub's compilations as not so much an alternative to Vertov but rather a wholesale replacement approach to agitprop is also compelling. All in all, Malitsky offers a crucial corrective to much received thinking on 20th century radical film. --Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK


A book that analyzes Soviet cinema side-by-side with Cuban film is welcome, even though the two countries are represented here in parallel.... Highly recommended. -Choice [M]alitsky's book is an extremely valuable contribution to both film theory and film history and should become required reading for students of film with a focus on documentary. -Russian Review A splendid and highly readable book which imbues a suggestive comparison of cinema in the early years of the Soviet and Cuban revolutions with fresh insights. -Michael Chanan, author of Cuban Cinema Joshua Malitsky here mines a rich seam. By closely comparing Vertov and Alvarez he uncovers 'post-revolutionary nonfiction film' as a discernible entity with commonalities shared across time and cultures. The extensive-indeed vast-archive of newsreels from both filmmakers is well worth the thorough attention he gives it, suggesting a context for their better-known documentaries. And his situating of Esfir Shub's compilations as not so much an alternative to Vertov but rather a wholesale replacement approach to agitprop is also compelling. All in all, Malitsky offers a crucial corrective to much received thinking on 20th century radical film. -Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK


<p> Josh Malitsky here mines a rich seam. By closely comparing Vertov and Alvarez he uncovers 'post-revolutionary non-fiction film' as a discernible entity with commonalities shared across time and cultures. The extensive -- indeed vast -- archive of newsreels from both filmmakers is well worth the thorough attention he gives it, suggesting a context for their better-known documentaries. And his situating of Esfir Shub's compilations as not so much an alternative to Vertov but rather a wholesale replacement approach to agitprop is also compelling. All in all, Malitsky offers a crucial corrective to much received thinking on 20th century radical film. --Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK--Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK


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Joshua Malitsky is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington.

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