Lines Of Resistance

by Tsivian, Yuri

• ISBN13: 9788886155151
• ISBN10: 8886155158
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

Lines of Resistanceis a major collection of little-known writings by and about Dziga Vertov, available here in English for the first time. While Vertov's uncompromising writings and his experimental features, such asMan with a Movie Camera, are known and discussed in the West, less is known about the other films he made in the 1920s, and still less about the response they provoked in the Soviet Union and abroad. Vertov liked to call his films and his essays "bombs"-and indeed the public reaction to them was nothing short of explosive. This book follows the development of his work and opinions from 1917 to 1930, and chronicles contemporary reactions to them, including such prominent personalities as fellow directors Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein, artists Aleksandr Rodchenko and Kazimir Malevich, and theorists Walter Benjamin and Siegfried Kracauer. Yuri Tsivian is a professor in the Departments of Art History, Slavic Languages & Literatures, and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. His books includeSilent Witnesses: Russian Films, 1908-1919, andIvan the Terrible.

Author Biography

Yuri Tsivian is a professor in the Departments of Art History, Slavic Languages & Literatures, and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. His books include Silent Witnesses: Russian Films, 1908--1919, and Ivan the Terrible.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Dziga Vertov and his time
Start	p. 33
Pravda on Kino-Pravda	p. 40
Kino-Pravda and constructivism	p. 55
Living history	p. 67
Kino-Pravda, where are you ?	p. 75
The first clashes	p. 81
Kino-eye	p. 99
Vertov versus Eisenstein	p. 125
Stride, Soviet! : in reviews	p. 157
Where is Dziga Vertov striding?	p. 169
Stride, Soviet to the screen!	p. 176
A sixth part of the world : more than a film	p. 182
A sixth part of the world as viewed at home	p. 196
A sixth part and the rest of the world	p. 210
A sixth part : debates and discussions	p. 215
A sixth part : a quarrel	p. 233
Where is this film?	p. 247
Vertov is fired from Sovkino	p. 252
The battle continues	p. 257
The Kinocs and left front of the arts	p. 265
The eleventh year according to its makers	p. 288
The eleventh year in reviews	p. 295
Dziga Vertov versus Osip Brik : the eleventh round	p. 310
Man with a movie camera	p. 318
The film is in danger	p. 349
Vertov in the West	p. 353
"Mr. West was so impressed" : Vertov and film students	p. 369
Vertov versus Blum	p. 377
Is Vertov like Ruttmann?	p. 383
The last of the Kinocs	p. 389
Vertov's silent films : an annotated filmography	p. 403
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