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

[Carr, Christopher]

"Transsiberian" is another.

Best, Chris


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Carr, Christopher <
christopher_carr at brown.edu> wrote:

> Don't forget "Spies Like Us!"
>
> Best,
>
> 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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