Soviet Cinematography, Signed (1 results)

Hardcover. First edition. Large Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated (64pp). Original glossy paper-covered boards with red and white lettering on cover, white on spine. Inside cover with half-titles in red. 'Ten years before the Socialist October Revolution Lenin expressed the idea that "cinema, so long as it remains in the hands of shameless speculators, does more harm than good by depraving the masses through repulsive content . when the masses take possession of cinema, and when it finds itself in the hands of true men of socialist culture, it will become one of the most effective means for the education of the masses." The Decree on the Nationalization of the Photographic and Cinematographic Industry in Soviet Russia was signed into law by Lenin on August 27, 1919, and in 1925 the release of Battleship Potemkin, directed and co-written by Sergei Eisenstein, was the first major success of Soviet cinema. Soon after, in 1926, Puovkin's film "Mother," voted number 8 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo, and in 1930 Dovzhenko's masterpiece "Earth" was released, also appearing on the Brussels World Expo list as number 12. The publication introduces forty-one films with synopses in French and Spanish. It is illustrated with film stills in color, b/w, and photomontages of films like Ana Karenina, Ivan the Terrible, The Ascent, Moscow-Cassiopeia, Teens in the Universe, Moscow, my Love, Solo for Elephant and Orchestra, The Steppe, Soldiers of Freedom, Lake Sonata, and others. Light wear at head and tail of spine, with small closed tears at head of joints. Very good to near fine condition.