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Not According to Plan

Filmmaking under Stalin

By: Maria Belodubrovskaya

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eBook | 20 September 2017

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266 Pages

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18+

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17+

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22.86 x 15.24

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In Not According to Plan, Maria Belodubrovskaya reveals the limits on the power of even the most repressive totalitarian regimes to create and control propaganda. Belodubrovskaya's revisionist account of Soviet filmmaking between 1930 and 1953 highlights the extent to which the Soviet film industry remained stubbornly artisanal in its methods, especially in contrast to the more industrial approach of the Hollywood studio system. Not According to Plan shows that even though Josef Stalin recognized cinema as a "mighty instrument of mass agitation and propaganda" and 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.

Industry Reviews

"Beoldubrovskaya provides a comprehensive listing of individuals who played a vital role in filmmaking decisions, studios and relevant institutions, dates, documentation and other information."