{"product_id":"9780984406241","title":"Moscow Believes in Tears: Russians and Their Movies","description":"This unique collection of writings and interviews highlights the important role that cinema can play for understanding Russian history, politics, culture and society in all phases-Tsarist, Soviet and post-Soviet. \u003cp\u003eThis is the book for the Russian movie aficionado - personal, pointed, funny, frank and full of all kinds of inside stories and political folk tales. It is a fascinating window on Soviet\/Russian pop culture that only a cultural Marco Polo and fanatical movie-goer like Louis Menashe would even dare attempt.\u003cbr\u003e-Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Russians and The New Russians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Menashe combines an encyclopedic knowledge of Russian history and society of the past 50 years with a broad-ranging and sensitive eye for cinematic meaning and detail.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Anthony Anemone, The New School University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This sparkling collection of film reviews, \u003cbr\u003eessays and interviews with filmmakers is a cultural history of Russia over the past 25 years. Highly recommended to everyone interested in Russia and the movies.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Denise J. Youngblood, University of Vermont, and author of Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A great national cinema is explored in its myriad colors and textures. Not a traditional history, the book is an archive of insights captured across years of passionate viewing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Jerry W. Carlson, The City College and Graduate Center CUNY, host of the popular program, \"City Cinematheque.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Menashe allows us to see both Russia's present and her past through his crisp, clear and fresh lens of a true expert who loves the country and its films, but always remains critical enough to see their flaws and merits.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Birgit Beumers, University of Bristol\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Academia Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49827907043568,"sku":"9780984406241","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984406241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}