The Sad Comedy of El_dar Riazanov: An Introduction to Russia's Most Popular FilmakerMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2003 - 283 pages Russia's funniest and most popular films are the work of Èl'dar Riazanov, a director whose light, lyrical tales of love lost and found have garnered audiences of over one hundred million. Although Western scholars have largely ignored Riazanov's oeuvre in favour of more serious filmmakers, no director in Russia has been so loved by both the public (openly) and politicians (covertly). His early comedies mapped the relations between society and socialism, allowing him to create a radically apolitical art of kindness and kindred spirits. David MacFadyen investigates what made Riazanov's films so wildly popular and what – if any – relationship that popularity had to Soviet policy. Using the works of Deleuze, Lacan, and Kristeva, MacFadyen looks at how Riazanov's films relate to society, audience demand, and Soviet politics. In more than twenty love stories that have precious little to do with statecraft, Soviet or otherwise, Riazanov captures the willful inclusiveness of socialist culture. |
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affect affirmation Aleksandr amid Andrei Miagkov Andrei Petrov becomes Bespridannitsa Braginskii Carnival Night cinema civic context Dear Elena Sergeevna desire Detochkin director doctrine dogma drive Èl'dar Riazanov emotional estrada ethical fear feeling Filimonov film's Freud friends Goriunov Grisha happy heart hero hope humour Hussar's Ballad hussars Ibid ideology Iskusstvo kino Iurii Izvestia January journalist Kalugina kind komedii Kommersant Lacan Larisa Lena Lida linear Literaturnaia gazeta look Lukashin metonymical Miachikov Mikael Tariverdiev Moscow Mosfil'm movie Nadia neser'eznye Nitwits Novosel'tsev Ogonek Ogurtsov Oleg Basilashvili Oreshnikov Paratov perestroika person Platon play political potential Pravda Promised Skies psychoanalysis relationship Riazanov's films Russian Rzhevskii sad comedy satire scenes SCREENPLAY selfhood sentiment Sergei Filippov shot Shura silly Sluzhebnyi roman Smena social socialist socialist realism song SOUND EDITING Sovetskaia kultura Sovetskii èkran Soviet society Stalinist story STUDIO things Valentin Gaft Valentina Talyzina viewers Volga-Volga woman words world view Žižek