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After all, the worst of Stalin's reign still featured Einseinstein movies ; and I read in a piece about Paradjanov how some of the Soviet film bureaus took pride in having produced films that would be shelved by censorship.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 at 11:27:56 AM EST
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Well - er, again, it is a bit complicated.  Stalin commissioned some of Eisenstein's films during his regime.  They were most definitely subject to his own personal censorship and beyond that, idiosyncratic feedback.  Take Ivan the Terrible.  The first part won a prize from Stalin.  The second was censored from the public during Stalin's regime, but released under Kruschev.  And Eisenstein conveniently died before even finishing the trilogy.  

Some interesting reading.

I wish I knew more about the system of censorship in Romania to comment on it.  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 at 11:51:16 AM EST
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