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Krytyka stalinizmu w 1950 roku: André Bazina analiza kina epoki stalinowskiej
Criticism of Stalinism in 1950: André Bazin’s analysis of Stalinist era cinema

Author(s): Lars Kleberg
Subject(s): Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: stalinism; Andre Bazin; Georges Sadoul; soviet films; French film critique;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is to analyze attempts at a critique of Stalinism in cinematography in the work of the outstanding French film theorist and critic Andre Bazin. Through a comparison of Bazins opinions with statements by his adversary Georges Sadoul, Lars Kleberg shows the vast context of the debate on this topic, which occurred in France in the 1950s.

  • Issue Year: 18/2016
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 5-18
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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