{"product_id":"9780974493404","title":"Before the Fall: Soviet Cinema in the Gorbachev Years","description":"This is an expanded edition of Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time. The book examines the fascinating world of Soviet cinema during the years of glasnost and perestroika-the 1980s. It shows how the reforms that shook the foundations of the Bolshevik state and affected economic and social structures have been reflected in the film industry. A new added chapter provides a commentary on the dramatic changes that marked the beginning of democracy in Russia. \u003cbr\u003eThis book will be widely read by students and specialists of Soviet\/Russian history, culture and society, and film studies, as well as by anyone with an interest in the transformations of Russian society.\u003cp\u003e\"What makes Kinoglasnost pre-eminent among current studies of the subject is the sustained attention Lawton pays to changes in the formal organization of Soviet cinema and in the cinema industry.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Julian Graffy, Sight and Sound, vol. 3 (July 1993)\u003cbr\u003e\"Lawton's book now stands as a valuable work of history on one aspect of a collapsed system...This remains as a testimony of a fateful moment that has changed the course of history.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Louis Menashe, The Russian Review, vol.53, No.4 (October 1994).\u003cbr\u003e\"The author constructs a complex, multilayered narrative of a steady and significant movement toward radical change in Soviet society, an account of the growing anxiety and the hope experienced by Russian filmmakers and the intelligentsia.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Ludmila Z. Pruner, Slavic and East European Journal, vol.38, No.4 (Winter 1994).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Academia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019216404720,"sku":"9780974493404","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780974493404_p0.jpg?v=1763880636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780974493404","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}