About the struggle of the poor peasants against the kulaks in the second half of the 1920s..
The Thaw: A Deep Dive into Old Fields “The Thaw” isn't a film you stumble upon by accident, especially not today. If you're a student of early Soviet cinema, or just really into the deep cuts of social realism from the 1920s, then yeah, give it a shot. Everyone else? Probably a hard pass. It's a look at peasant life an...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Boris Barnet
Eduardo Notari
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"The Thaw: A Deep Dive into Old Fields “The Thaw” isn't a film you stumble upon by accident, especially not today. If you're a student of early Soviet cinema, or just really into the deep cuts of social realism from the 1920s, then yeah, give it a shot. Everyone else? Probably a hard pass. It's a look at peasant life and class friction that feels both important for its time and very much a product of it. It’s got a specific kind of intensity, one that asks you to settle in. The whole thing is ba..."
Sergey Pryanishnikov
Kuzma Gorbunov, Sergey Yevlakov, O. Meleg
Soviet Union
