Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin

Maria Belodubrovskaya

Published by Cornell University Press 2017

Not According to Plan

Filmmaking under Stalin

Maria Belodubrovskaya

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501713804

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About this book

Not According to Plan shows that even though Josef Stalin recognized cinema as a "mighty instrument of mass agitation and propagandaand strove to harness the Soviet film industry to serve the state, directors such as Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and Pudovkin had far more creative control than did party-appointed executives and censors.

Author / Editor information

Belodubrovskaya Maria :

Maria Belodubrovskaya is Assistant Professor of Film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Reviews

Vladimir Padunov, University of Pittsburgh:

"Maria Belodubrovskaya provides a compelling argument that runs counter to received wisdom concerning the repeated failures of the Stalinist cinema industry in meeting the goals mandated by the state organizations overseeing film production. Instead of focusing on the top-down organizational structures of the industry, Belodubrovskaya convincingly locates the source in a bottom-up paradigm that stresses the industry’s failure in developing professional and efficient middle management, on the one hand, and the power of individual director-masters in controlling the entire production process, on the other."

Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago:

"Rich, thoughtful, and information-packed, Not According to Plan will be widely used in academia and beyond. It’s a wonderfully detailed, faultlessly argued, groundbreaking book whose potential impact stretches above the field of film history."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Terms and Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Note on Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 QUANTITY VS. QUALITY Soviet Film Policy and the Intolerance of Imperfection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2 TEMPLAN “Bastard” Plans and Creative Counterplanning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3 THE MASTERS The Director-Centered Mode of Production and the Tradition of Quality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
4 SCREENWRITING Lack of Professionalization and the Literary Scenario Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
5 CENSORSHIP Industry Self-Censorship and Extreme Uncertainty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Conclusion: THE FAILURE OF MASS CINEMA UNDER STALIN AND THE INSTITUTIONAL STUDY OF IDEOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Appendixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 266
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Images: 6
- Tables: 1
- Other: 6 b&w halftones, 1 chart
Keywords: Stalinism; filmmaking; Soviet cinema; propaganda; censorship; artistic control; film policy

eBook

Published: October 15, 2017
ISBN: 9781501713804