The Communist movement in art created such a distictive style that even Al Hirschfeld gave up lithograph for ink as a medium in his editorial cartoons. In those years, the look of a lithographs were identified with communist propaganda art and he liked his subject matter too much to entangle himself in political satire.This should be a really interesting set of DVDs to watch.
~ Angie
Part 1 of 4 of the Documentary "Animated Soviet Propaganda" From 1924 to perestroika the USSR produced more than 4 dozen animated propaganda films. They weren't for export. Their target was the new nation and their goal was to win over the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. Anti-American, Anti-British, Anti-German, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Fascist, some of these films are as artistically beautiful as the great political posters made after the 1917 revolution which inspired Soviet animation. A unique series. With a unique perspective. Includes interviews with the directors of the animated films which are still alive and commentary by a leading Soviet film scholar. Two hours of documentary and six hours of animated films. | |
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