Animation Behind the Iron Curtain.

• Author: Cowen, Eleanor.
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)

And, for animation novices and enthusiasts alike, Animation Behind the Iron Curtain offers breakout sections to explain many of the techniques and aesthetic considerations that go into this fascinating art form. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the Cold War era and really cool animated films!.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Two Sides of the Iron Curtain -- Chapter 1: Animated Antagonism -- Soviet and American Propaganda Cartoons -- American Animation Studios and the Cold War -- U.S.-Soviet Cultural Exchange -- Chapter 2: Incompatible Ideas -- Capitalism -- Communism -- The Red Scare -- Chapter 3: Start of the Cold War -- Cold War Animated: George Orwell's adaptation of Animal Farm -- Part II: Eastern Bloc Animation: Reaching Beyond Ideology -- Chapter 4: Russia and the Golden Age of Soyuzmultfilm -- The Brumberg sisters, Valentina (1899-1975) and Zinaida (1900-1983) -- Cultural Context: Women in Animation -- Animation Craft: Traditional Cel Animation -- Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900-1987) -- Animation Craft: Full animation and the Multiplane Animation Stand -- Animation Craft: Stop-motion Animation -- Animation Craft: Paper Cutout Animation -- Lev Atamanov (1905-1981) -- Animation Craft: Rotoscoping -- Animation Craft: Character movement -- Animation Craft: Limited Animation -- Fyodor Khitruk (1917-2012) -- Roman A. Kachanov (1921-1993) -- Yuri Norstein (1941) -- Animation Craft: Norstein's Technique -- Vyacheslaw Kotenochkin (1927-2000) -- Chapter 5: Ukraine -- Vladimir Dakhno (1932-2006) -- David Cherkasky (1932-) -- Chapter 6: Belarus -- M. Lubyanikova -- Igor Volchek (1946-) -- Viktor Dovnar (1952-) and Natya Los' (1950-) -- Elena Petkevich (1951-) -- Animation Craft: Sand Animation -- Kuzma Kresnitsky (1925-1995) -- Chapter 7: Estonia -- Elbert Tuganov (1927-2007) -- Cultural Context: Sputnik -- Heino Pars (1925-) -- Rein Raamat (1931-) -- Animation Craft: Editing, Transitions -- Chapter 8: Latvia -- Arnolds Burovs (1915-2006) -- Roze (or Rosalia) Stiebra (1942-) and Ansis B.rziÃÓ (1940-) -- Chapter 9: Lithuania -- Antanas Janauskas (1937-2016) -- Nijolë Valadkeviiãt (1944-).

Ilja Bereznickas (1948-) -- Zeno Šteinys (1946-1997) -- Chapter 10: Poland -- Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) -- Jan Lenica (1928-2001) -- Stefan Schabenbeck (1940) -- Witold Giersz (1927) -- Animation Craft: Painting on Surface (glass, celluloid, cardboard) -- Jerzy Kucia (1942) -- Animation Craft: Narrative Structure -- Piotr Duma»a (1956-) -- Animation Craft: Plaster Panel Technique -- W»adys»aw Nehrebecki (1924-1979) -- Cultural Context: Good Night Cartoons -- Lechos»aw Marsza»ek (1922-1991) -- Chapter 11: East Germany -- Otto Sacher (1928-2008) -- Sieglinde Hamacher (1936) -- Klaus Georgi (1925-2012) -- Lutz Stutzner (1957) -- Gerhard Behrendt (1929-2006) -- Chapter 12: Czechoslovakia -- Cultural Context: Puppet Theatre in Europe -- JiÍí Trnka (1912-1969) -- Animation Craft: Mise-en-Scène -- Jan Švankmajer (1934) -- JiÍí Barta (1948) -- Animation Craft: Sound Design -- Hermína Týrlová (1900-1993) -- Karel Zeman (1910-1989) -- Chapter 13: Hungary -- Sándor Reisenbüchler (1935-2004) -- Marcell Jankovics (1941) -- Ferenc Rofusz (1946) -- Attila Dargay (1927-2009) -- Chapter 14: Romania -- Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923-1989) -- LuminiÛa Cazacu (1940-2011) -- Nell Cobar (1916-1993) -- Tatiana Aphidean (1939-2012) -- Chapter 15: Moldova -- Anatoliy Grabko -- Konstantin Balan (1942-) -- Natalia Bodiul (1949-) -- Chapter 16: Bulgaria -- Todor Dinov (1919-2004) -- Donyo Donev (1929-2007) -- Stoyan Dukov (1931-2018) -- Radka Bachvarovo (1918-1986) -- Chapter 17: Yugoslavia -- Dušan Vukoti. (1927-1998) -- Borivoj Dovnikovi. (Bordo) (1930) -- Aleksandar Marks (1922-2002), Vladimir Jutriša (1923-1984) -- Pavao Štalter (1929-), Branko Ranitovi. (1925-2010) -- Zlatko Grgi. (1931-1988) -- Chapter 18: Albania -- Vlash Droboniku (1945) -- Bujar Kapexhiu (1944) -- Gazmend Leka (1953) -- Chronology of Selected Political Events and Animated Films -- Map of Europe, 1950).

Bibliography -- Index.