Includes bibliographical references (pages 193 - 207) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "To begin with, there must be a will to remember" -- Soviet space and the battlegrounds of twentieth-century science fiction cinema -- Aelita's Mark and The many faces of utopia -- The space futures of socialist realism -- The space age and its others : Soviet SF between Gagarin and Gorbachev -- Little soldiers, perfect aliens, and spoilt brats : Soviet and post-Soviet space kids as liminal agents -- An explosive expansion : Soviet SF in the 1980s and its legacy -- The province called Earth : the trope of outer space in post-Soviet Russian cinema -- Reinterpretations of the Soviet history of spaceflight in contemporary Russian blockbusters -- Conclusion: "If it got recorded, it had to be true." Replay, rewatch, remember?
Summary:
"This study examines Soviet science fiction cinema from 1957 to 1990 and its relation to the space age. The author examines dozens of films and examines their aesthetics and how the films related to conceptions of the future, utopia, the ideological guidelines of the Soviet state, and changes within the Soviet system"-- Provided by publisher.
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