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[FILMS OF SOVIET NEW WAVE] Sovetskii ekran [i.e. Soviet Screen] No. 1–3, 5–13, 14–24 for 1959, No. 13–21, 23 for 1962. Overall 35 issues

Item #2811

Moscow: Pravda: Iskusstvo, 1959-1962. 32,5x26 cm. In contemporary blind cloth, all original illustrated wrappers preserved.

Binding rubbed and slightly soiled, rusty stamps.

#1 (1959) Very good
#2 (1959) Creases of front wrapper, outer margin coupon cut out from p. 15-16
#3 (1959) Very good
#5 (1959) Few small stains, otherwise very good
#6 (1959) Small tear of front cover along spine
#7 (1959) Very good
#8 (1959) Very good
#9 (1959) Stains on p. 15-16, otherwise very good
#10 (1959) Front cover slightly rubbed, otherwise very good
#11 (1959) Few small stains on outer margin, covers slightly rubbed, pencil mark through front cover photo, otherwise very good
#14 (1959) Very good
#15 (1959) Very good
#16 (1959) Very good
#17 (1959) Very good
#18 (1959) Very good
#19 (1959) Very good
#20 (1959) Very good
#21 (1959) Very good
#22 (1959) Front cover slightly rubbed, some stains, otherwise very good
#23 (1959) Very good
#24 (1959) Very good
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#13 (1962) Very good
#14 (1962) Very good, back cover slightly rubbed
#15 (1962) Very good, tears of inner edge of front cover
#16 (1962) Some small stains, otherwise very good
#17 (1962) Very good
#18 (1962) Some small stains, otherwise very good
#19 (1962) Very good
#20 (1962) Very good
#21 (1962) Very good
#23 (1962) Very good

Bound set including most issues of 1959 and issues of 1962.

Published under the same title as the earlier Soviet Screen (1925–1929), this biweekly magazine represents a very different country – the USSR under de-Stalinization, a country in Khrushchev's Thaw with more open international cultural contacts. The periodical was founded in 1957, the same year as the World Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow.

The late 1950s–1960s saw Soviet New Wave cinema – an artistic renaissance that shifted focus from propaganda to individual inner worlds. Key films, including ‘The Cranes Are Flying’ and ‘Nine Days in One Year’, broke from Stalinist-era restrictions to explore personal emotions, urban angst, and social issues, often employing innovative visual styles.

Each year, over 300 feature and event films were released in the country. The most prominent representatives of the poetic-picturesque style were A. Tarkovsky, S. Paradzhanov, and T. Abuladze. In the poetic-documentary movement, G. Danelia, M. Khutsiev, O. Iosseliani, A. German, and V. Shukshin distinguished themselves the most. A new generation of documentary filmmakers emerged in non-fiction cinema: P. Kogan, P. Mostovoy, V. Lisakovich, B. Galanter, N. Obukhovich, H. Frank, M. Merkel, and A. Peleshian.

The magazine published photographs from film sets, showing both actors and directors during filming as well as "behind-the-scenes" moments. Many films about other countries, cultures, and international cooperation were made. For example, the magazine shows how the documentary ‘Moscow–Antarctica’ was filmed. The film documented the historic flight, aviation, geography, penguins, Soviet researchers and international cooperation. One of the back covers feature scenes from the documentary films ‘Through the Cities of Brazil’, ‘Algerian Diary’, ‘No Peace in Laos’, and ‘A Day in Ecuador’. One of the double-page spreads describes a Soviet full-length animated film ‘Bathhouse’ (1962), produced jointly by directors S. Yutkevich and A. Karanovich based on the play by V. Mayakovsky. Stills from the film and a group photo of contributors are published. The newsreel ‘The Nuclear Icebreaker “Lenin”’ covered the construction work on the world’s first nuclear-powered surface vessel. Its first episode was released after the ship was launched in 1957, but the nuclear reactor was being fitted over the next two years. In the late 1950s, a curious science fiction film ‘The Heavens Beckon’ about space travel and the competition between the USSR and the United States was released. One spread of the magazine is dedicated to filming in the Sayan taiga and the life of the film crew. “The hero fell and lay in freezing water. For the next take, the actor had to dry off and fix his makeup and wig. This had to be done quickly, before the sun disappeared behind the mountains”.

Some articles are devoted to the production of film studios in Soviet republics. For them, special events were held in Moscow: Uzbek decade, Azerbaijani decade, etc.

Worldcat doesn’t track issues of these years.

Price: $500.00