In Union with Cartoons. On the Connection between Time and Cinema, on Fates and Animation
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In Union with Cartoons. On the Connection between Time and Cinema, on Fates and Animation
39.99 €
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Soyuzmultfilm Studios, Boslen Publishing House presents Sergei Kapkov's book "In the Union with Cartoons: On the Connection between Time and Cinema, on Fates and Animation."
The book covers the history of the emergence and development of Russian animation: from the first steps of Soviet animation—through the war, the Thaw, and Stagnation—to Perestroika and the birth of independent studios in the 1990s. It's a living history of the country, traced through the book's characters—those who created masterpieces of Russian animation. They all came to Soyuzmultfilm through a variety of paths: from cinema or theater, factory workshops or literary studios, having experienced the Great Patriotic War on the front lines or in the rear. But for each of them, animation proved more than just a job; it was a life-defining endeavor.
The book's heroes include cartoonist Elena Khludova, Soviet producer Viktor Smirnov, beloved children's book artist Vladimir Suteyev, cameramen Mikhail Druyan and Nikolai Voinov, the country's first female animation cinematographer Elena Petrova, playwright Mikhail Volpin, director Leonid Nosyrev, actor and director Ivan Ufimtsev, and many others. A separate chapter is dedicated to the front-line soldiers—those Soyuzmultfilm employees who served in the Great Patriotic War.
Sergey Kapkov organizes the stories of the people who created Soyuzmultfilm chronologically. We are introduced to the life of the country, seen through the eyes of the book's heroes and through the eyes of their children and grandchildren.
Those who lived in the USSR will involuntarily recall their relatives and life back then, while younger generations will read with interest about the people who lived and worked on the same streets, solved their everyday problems just like the rest of the country... and also created cartoons that generations grew up with and that today's children still watch.
The book was published in collaboration with the Soyuzmultfilm studio.
The book covers the history of the emergence and development of Russian animation: from the first steps of Soviet animation—through the war, the Thaw, and Stagnation—to Perestroika and the birth of independent studios in the 1990s. It's a living history of the country, traced through the book's characters—those who created masterpieces of Russian animation. They all came to Soyuzmultfilm through a variety of paths: from cinema or theater, factory workshops or literary studios, having experienced the Great Patriotic War on the front lines or in the rear. But for each of them, animation proved more than just a job; it was a life-defining endeavor.
The book's heroes include cartoonist Elena Khludova, Soviet producer Viktor Smirnov, beloved children's book artist Vladimir Suteyev, cameramen Mikhail Druyan and Nikolai Voinov, the country's first female animation cinematographer Elena Petrova, playwright Mikhail Volpin, director Leonid Nosyrev, actor and director Ivan Ufimtsev, and many others. A separate chapter is dedicated to the front-line soldiers—those Soyuzmultfilm employees who served in the Great Patriotic War.
Sergey Kapkov organizes the stories of the people who created Soyuzmultfilm chronologically. We are introduced to the life of the country, seen through the eyes of the book's heroes and through the eyes of their children and grandchildren.
Those who lived in the USSR will involuntarily recall their relatives and life back then, while younger generations will read with interest about the people who lived and worked on the same streets, solved their everyday problems just like the rest of the country... and also created cartoons that generations grew up with and that today's children still watch.
The book was published in collaboration with the Soyuzmultfilm studio.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author