With Eisenstein In Hollywood
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A firsthand account of one of cinema's most extraordinary and ill-fated adventures, With Eisenstein in Hollywood chronicles the turbulent American sojourn of Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein through the eyes of his close collaborator and friend, Ivor Montagu. Set against the glittering yet treacherous landscape of 1930s Hollywood, the book details Eisenstein's attempts to make a film within the American studio system — a collision of artistic genius, ideological tension, and commercial pressure that would ultimately end in failure and frustration. Montagu, himself a prominent film critic and producer, draws on intimate personal experience to reconstruct the meetings, negotiations, and creative ambitions that defined this remarkable chapter in film history. Beyond its vivid narrative, the book stands as an essential document in the study of 20th-century cinema and the cultural politics of the Cold War era, illuminating the uneasy relationship between Soviet artistic ideology and the capitalist machinery of the Hollywood dream factory. Montagu's style is sharp, erudite, and richly anecdotal, offering rare insight into Eisenstein's volcanic personality and visionary mind. For anyone fascinated by the intersection of art, politics, and cinema, this account raises a haunting question: what masterpiece might Eisenstein have created, had Hollywood let him?
Author: Ivor Montagu
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A firsthand account of one of cinema's most extraordinary and ill-fated adventures, With Eisenstein in Hollywood chronicles the turbulent American sojourn of Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein through the eyes of his close collaborator and friend, Ivor Montagu. Set against the glittering yet treacherous landscape of 1930s Hollywood, the book details Eisenstein's attempts to make a film within the American studio system — a collision of artistic genius, ideological tension, and commercial pressure that would ultimately end in failure and frustration. Montagu, himself a prominent film critic and producer, draws on intimate personal experience to reconstruct the meetings, negotiations, and creative ambitions that defined this remarkable chapter in film history. Beyond its vivid narrative, the book stands as an essential document in the study of 20th-century cinema and the cultural politics of the Cold War era, illuminating the uneasy relationship between Soviet artistic ideology and the capitalist machinery of the Hollywood dream factory. Montagu's style is sharp, erudite, and richly anecdotal, offering rare insight into Eisenstein's volcanic personality and visionary mind. For anyone fascinated by the intersection of art, politics, and cinema, this account raises a haunting question: what masterpiece might Eisenstein have created, had Hollywood let him?