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Before the Wall Came Down
Petrie, Graham; Dwyer, Ruth
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Description for Before the Wall Came Down
Paperback. Proceedings of a conference on the topic of Soviet and East European film makers working in the West held at McMaster University in Ontario in March 1989. The volume considers Soviet, Polish, Czech and Hungarian cinema, with particular emphasis on the films by Milos Forman and Jerzy Skolimowski. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVK; 1DVP; 1DVU; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Presents the proceedings of a conference on the topic of 'Soviet and East European Film Makers Working in the West' held at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, in March 1989, as well as an edited summary of the discussions that took place after each session. The result is a volume that studies both the contribution of particular individuals to Western European and North American film industries over the past two decades and raises questions of considerable importance as to the future development of cinema as a whole. The sessions covered Soviet, Polish, Yugoslav, Czech and Hungarian cinema, with particular emphasis on ... Read more
Presents the proceedings of a conference on the topic of 'Soviet and East European Film Makers Working in the West' held at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, in March 1989, as well as an edited summary of the discussions that took place after each session. The result is a volume that studies both the contribution of particular individuals to Western European and North American film industries over the past two decades and raises questions of considerable importance as to the future development of cinema as a whole. The sessions covered Soviet, Polish, Yugoslav, Czech and Hungarian cinema, with particular emphasis on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819178596
SKU
V9780819178596
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Reviews for Before the Wall Came Down
Seventeen conference participants agree to answer the question, 'Does the work of an Eastern European director decline when he or she enters the West industry?' Most answer yes....Readers, instead of complaining that the answer is but marginally proved, will rejoice that the question triggers some very perceptive essays about particular directors...or, even better, six excellent essays about particular movies....
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