Film Question - US and Russia in Each Other's Films

[Chernetsky, Vitaly]

Dear Colleagues,

I am surprised that Harlow Robinson's book _Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood's Russians: Biography of an Image_ (2007), in which he discusses extensively the history of Hollywood's representations of Russians, has not yet been mentioned:

http://books.google.com/books?id=i2hxJrlSE0AC&lpg=PP1&dq=harlow%20robinson&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=harlow%20robinson&f=false

Best wishes,

Vitaly Chernetsky

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Fusso, Susanne [sfusso at WESLEYAN.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Film Question - US and Russia in Each Other's Films

You seem to be mainly interested in more recent films, but if you're interested in classic film, there are tons of Hollywood movies of the Golden Age that deal with Russians (starting with Ninotchka, I guess).  A place to start is with this post by Self-Styled Siren describing the "Shadows of Russia" festival that was on Turner Classic Movies a while ago:

http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/2009/11/shadows-of-russia-tcm-lou-lumenick-and.html

I suppose that showing the students Marlene Dietrich in The Scarlet Empress would probably blow their minds to smithereens, though.

Susanne Fusso
Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Wesleyan University
262 High Street
Middletown, CT  06459
860-685-3123
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Benjamin Rifkin [rifkin at TCNJ.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:43 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Film Question - US and Russia in Each Other's Films

Dear Colleagues:

I'm putting together a series of US and Russian films that depict both cultures.  I have a couple of Russian films to start with - Brat 2, American Daughter, Barber of Siberia - but I'd appreciate suggestions of more Russian films that depict Americans and American films that depict Russian characters and Russian culture.  All I'm coming up with are these:

Rocky 4
Russia House
Sneakers
Moscow on the Hudson
Red Dawn
The Russians Are Coming
Dr Strangelove

Thanks for any suggestions you may offer.

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin

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