The Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet. Studies on Eisenstein and Russian Cinema in Honor of Naum Kleiman gathers 33 essays (in English, French, and German) written by scholars working in Europe, North America, Latin America, India, and Australia. The essays have been written specifically for this occasion and are dedicated to Naum Kleiman, whose work and generosity—as the world’s leading Eisenstein specialist, as a film historian and curator of many exhibitions and retrospectives, as the custodian of Eisenstein’s memorial apartment, and the former, long-time director of the Moscow Cinema Museum—have been and continue to be a primary reference point for scholars, curators, film and theater directors interested in Eisenstein and in Russian cinema.

Naum Kleiman is the editor of the Russian editions of several of Eisenstein’s main book projects, including Method, Montage, Nonindifferent Nature, and the Memoirs, and the editor-in-chief of the Russian film studies journal Kinovedcheskie zapiski. He is the author of the collection of essays Formula finala. Stat’i, vystupleniia, besedy (Moskva: Eisenstein Centre, 2004), and has been involved in many other cinema related publications, in Russian and in various foreign languages. His latest publication to date is Eisenstein on Paper. Graphic Works from the Master of Film (London: Thames & Hudson, 2017).

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