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Informationen zum Autor By Natalija Majsova Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: "To Begin With, There Must Be a Will to Remember." Chapter 1: Soviet Space and the Battlegrounds of 20th Century Science Fiction Cinema Chapter 2: Aelita's Mark and the Many Faces of Utopia ¿hapter 3: The Space Futures of Socialist Realism Chapter 4: The Space Age and Its Others: Soviet SF between Gagarin and Gorbachev Chapter 5: Little Soldiers, Perfect Aliens, and Spoilt Brats: Soviet and Post-Soviet Space Kids as Liminal Agents Chapter 6: An Explosive Expansion: Soviet SF in the 1980s and Its Legacy Chapter 7: The Province Called Earth: The Trope of Outer Space in Post-Soviet Russian Cinema Chapter 8: Reinterpretations of the Soviet History of Spaceflight in Contemporary Russian Blockbusters Conclusion: "If It Got Recorded, It Had To Be True." Replay, Rewatch, Remember?
