{"product_id":"not-according-to-plan-9781501709944","title":"Not According to Plan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, Maria Belodubrovskaya reveals the limits on the power of even the most repressive totalitarian regimes to create and control propaganda. Belodubrovskaya''s revisionist account of Soviet filmmaking between 1930 and 1953 highlights the extent to which the Soviet film industry remained stubbornly artisanal in its methods, especially in contrast to the more industrial approach of the Hollywood studio system. \u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e shows that even though Josef Stalin recognized cinema as a mighty instrument of mass agitation and propaganda and strove to harness the Soviet film industry to serve the state, directors such as Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and Pudovkin had far more creative control than did party-appointed executives and censors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new take on the failures of the Soviet film industry during Stalin's reign. Highly recommended\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a robust exploration of the institutions, production mechanisms and professional groups that comprised the film industry under Stalin, Belodubrovskaya offers a fresh perspective on censorship, the relationship between filmmakers and the party-state, and the failure to create a mass communist cinema in the USSR.... By patiently preparing the ground for four chapters before boldly reconceptualizing film censorship under Stalin, Belodubrovskaya succeeds in shifting the dominant paradigm of Soviet filmmaking history. Her counterintuitive insights make \u003ci\u003eNot According to Plan\u003c\/i\u003e both compelling and original.\u003c\/p\u003e * Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Belodubrovskaya's book is a significant contribution not only to film studies but also to social and political science.... The author disputes the conventional wisdom on Soviet film under Stalin, in particular the myth of Stalin as the 'chief censor' [showing] that a weak institutional policy and environment, not Stalin, were critical in shaping film policy and production in all of its dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Belodubrovskaya has written a thoroughly researched and analytically deep monograph that will impact film and Slavic studies for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavic Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerms and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Quantity vs. Quality\u003cbr\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eTemplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Masters\u003cbr\u003e 4. Screenwriting\u003cbr\u003e 5. Censorship\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409324712279,"sku":"9781501709944","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501709944.jpg?v=1730506424","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/not-according-to-plan-9781501709944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}