Chaplin Machine

Slapstick, Fordism and the Communist Avant-Garde

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Could Buster Keaton have starred in Battleship Potemkin?Did Trotsky plan to write the great Soviet comedy?And why did Lenin love circus clowns?The Chaplin Machine reveals the lighter side of the Communist avant-garde and its unlikely passion for American slapstick. Set against the backdrop of the great Russian revolutionary experiment, Owen Hatherley tells the tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century and spotlights the unlikely intersections of East and West.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-05-20
Mått:129 x 198 x 23 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745336015
Utmärkelser:Winner of Casual Optimist Notable Book Covers 2016 (UK)

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Arkitektur inom Kultur
Konstböcker inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Owen Hatherley is an architecture and culture critic whose writings have spanned Soviet Constructivism, to the merits of Coventry train station. His acerbic wit and sense for 'place' can be found in the pages of Guardian and Architects Journal. He is the author of numerous books on architecture and culture, including The Chaplin Machine (Pluto Press, 2016), Trans-Europe Express (Penguin, 2017), A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain (Verso, 2010) and Militant Modernism (Zero, 2009).

Recensioner i media

'Traces an enjoyably idiosyncratic path back and forth between film studios and factories on opposing continents ... offers intellectual excitement as well as rigour'

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Americanism and Fordism – and Chaplinism1. Constructing the Chaplin Machine2. Red Clowns to the Rescue3. No Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton4. The Rhythm of Socialist ConstructionConclusionAcknowledgementsNotesIndex