Vsevolod Pudovkin
Soviet film director who co-created the Kuleshov effect and developed montage theories.
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His masterpieces are often contrasted with those of Sergei Eisenstein, as Pudovkin focused on the courage and resilience of individuals.[1] Pudovkin, a Soviet filmmaker and theorist of montage, worked as a director, writer, and performer.[1] He was the third of six children born to a Russian family in Penza.[2]
Life and work
In 1928, Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov signed the Manifest of Sound, debating sound's tension with the image.[3] Illarion Yepifanovich Pudovkin, his father, was a manager and door-to-door salesman who originated from peasant stock in the Penza Governorate.[2] In captivity, he learned languages and created illustrations for books.[4] After the conflict ended, he left his engineering career and entered filmmaking, initially working as a writer, performer, set designer, and later as an assistant to Lev Kuleshov.[4]
Anna Zemtsova became his wife in 1924; he credited her with supporting his filmmaking ambitions.[5] The Order of Lenin was conferred upon him in 1935.[3]
What the cited sources add
Wallflower Press published "Early Soviet Cinema" in 2000, also cited for his contrast with Eisenstein.[6][1] According to that same guide, A Simple Case (1932) and The Deserter (1933) are considered inferior to his earlier films.[7][3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Vsevolod Pudovkin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schnitzer, Luda, "Cinema in Revolution", Da Capo Press, 1973; Gillespie, David C., "Early Soviet Cinema", Wallflower, 2000; "The Encyclopaedia Britannica guide to Russia : the essential guide to the nation, its people, and culture", Robinson, 2009, p. 208–213 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vsevolod Pudovkin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vsevolod Pudovkin (1976). Collection of Works in Three Volumes. Volume 3. — Moscow: Iskusstvo, p. 288-289, 322, 489; Alexander Karaganov (1983). Vsevolod Pudovkin. — Moscow: Iskusstvo, 272 pages, p. 3 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vsevolod Pudovkin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Encyclopaedia Britannica guide to Russia : the essential guide to the nation, its people, and culture", Robinson, 2009, p. 208–213 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vsevolod Pudovkin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bryher, "Film Problems Of Soviet Russia", Riant Chateau TERRITET Switzerland, 1922, p. 44 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vsevolod Pudovkin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rollberg, P., "Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema", Scarecrow Press, 2009; Ryabchikova, "The Disappearing Theoretician: From Anna Li to A.N. Pudovkina", Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, 2018-08-10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 1903364043 ("Early Soviet Cinema- Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda (Short Cuts)"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9781593398507 ("The Britannica Guide to Russia"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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