Cinema thaws. Space, materiality, movement. Predeerova L.

The death of Stalin in 1953 laid the foundation for the heyday of Soviet cinema. The thaw became the liberalization time of both political and cultural life in the USSR; The films that were released, with the formal innovation and social engagement, were in the center of international film aids.

In his book “Cinema Thaws. The space, materiality, movement "Lida Predeerova offers the analysis of some films shot in the USSR in 1958-1967 to prove: space - both as a visual component of films, and as a socially significant topos - played a leading role in the cinema of these years.

Opening the discussion of the perception of the poorly studied panoramic cinema of the USSR, the late 50s, the study of the decrease pays close attention to the films of Mikhail Kalatozov, George Danelia, Larisa Shepipiko and Kira Muratova.

The author shows that the works of all these directors were inspired by the desire to explore the most important problems of ideology and social progress through the prism of a movie.