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

[Carr, Christopher]

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Chris Carr
Ph.D. Candidate
Brown University
Department of Slavic Languages


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Dorian Juric <dorian06 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Any American film with Croatian sweetheart Rade Serbedzija in it will have
> him playing a very stereo-typical (usually evil) Russian scientist. A short
> browse of his IMDB page will offer a few blockbusters from the last 25
> years.
>
> Dorian
>
> > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:33:29 +0000
> > From: vchernetsky at KU.EDU
>
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Film Question - US and Russia in Each Other's
> Films
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > 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
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > 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
> > ________________________________________
> > 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
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > 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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