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Cover image for book Sad Comedy of Èl'dar Riazanov

Sad Comedy of Èl'dar Riazanov

An Introduction to Russia's Most Popular Filmmaker
By:David MacFadyen
Publisher:ACP - McGill Queen's University Press
Print ISBN:9780773525894
eText ISBN:9780773571310
Edition:0
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.