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DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2023-4-229-235

EDN: RJMFFY

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Maksim A. Semyonov

Film Historian, Historian (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Independent Researcher
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: kvint5@yandex.ru

The Subjunctive Mood: Conversations without Ceremony

Abstract

The review is devoted to the book by Armen N. Medvedev The Subjunctive Mood, compiled from transcripts of his lectures on the history of Russian cinema, which the film scholar gave at the State Russian Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). The combination of an academic approach and a conversational intonation; attention to both classic films of the Soviet canon and to films that had turned out to be marginal for the subsequent development of cinema, has allowed the author to introduce the reader to a wide range of topics and problems facing any researcher of Soviet cinema.

Keywords

History of Soviet cinema, VGIK, cinema of the Thaw, history of film studies, A.N. Medvedev

For citation

Semyonov M.A. The Subjunctive Mood: Conversations Without Ceremony. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2023, no. 4, pp. 229–235.

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2023-4-229-235

EDN RJMFFY

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Received: 25.10.2023

Revised: 05.11.2023

Accepted: 12.11.2023