Useful course (and research) materials in Russian cinema

[Nancy Condee]

With classes about to start, I am calling call your attention to a valuable
new film resource, now available at
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/publications_hyperkino.html.  I have used
them in my courses and research; they may be of interest to colleagues in
history, film studies, Russian culture or civilization courses, as well as
advanced Russian-language (so-called “content”) courses.  See details below.
For more information, please be in touch with the Center itself (not with
me).

 

HyperKino DVDs

Historical Russian cinema on DVD, presented in the innovative Hyperkino
format, created by Natascha Drubek and Nikolai Izvolov, produced by Ruscico,
and distributed by the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and
East European Studies at
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/publications_hyperkino.html.

The films are presented in 2-disc 'hyperkino editions': 

Ø  Disc 1 contains the standard film in the best available print, with
optional subtitles in Russian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
and Spanish.

Ø  Disc 2 contains the film, plus numerous scene-specific annotations based
on archival materials, including film clips and newsreel footage, texts,
photographs, posters, graphics, arts-and-crafts, music and audio files. 

Texts are available in Russian and in English. These can be viewed on
screen, contextualizing the film and enhancing the viewer's understanding. 

Ten films are currently available:

1.       Boris Barnet, By the Bluest of Seas, 1936


2.       Boris Barnet, Girl with a Hatbox, 1927


3.       Boris Barnet, Outskirts, 1933


4.       Mark Donskoi, The Childhood of Maksim Gor’kii, 1938


5.       Sergei Eisenstein, October, 1927


6.       Sergei Eisenstein, Strike, 1924


7.       Lev Kuleshov, Engineer Prite’s Project, 1918


8.       Lev Kuleshov, The Great Consoler, 1933


9.      Aleksandr Medvedkin, Happiness, 1934


10.    Vsevolod Pudovkin, Heir to Genghis Khan (Storm over Asia), 1928


 

Best wishes, Nancy

 

Prof. N. Condee, Director
Global Studies Center (NRC Title VI)
University Center for International Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4103 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
+1 412-363-7180
condee at pitt.edu
 <http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global> www.ucis.pitt.edu/global



 


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