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East Side Story is a 1997 documentary directed by Dana Ranga. The film documents the Soviet Bloc musical genre, which first appeared under Stalin and spread to Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe. The film features interviews with actors, film historians, and audience members who reminisce on these unlikely films and their impact on Soviet Bloc life.
Jun 25, 1997 · East Side Story: Directed by Dana Ranga. With Margarita Andrushkovich, Chris Doerk, Erich Gusko, Helmut Hanke. A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.
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- Documentary, Music
- Dana Ranga
- 1997-06-25
The words “communist musical” may call to mind tractors and factories–both of which are certainly in evidence here–but this fascinating and enjoyable documentary by Romanian-born filmmaker Dana Ranga and American-born independent Andrew Horn presents the singular genre as a conflict between capitalist glitz and socialist poetry ...
Sep 10, 2012 · Romanian Dana Ranga and American Andrew Horn's documentary on the little known story of socialist musicals casts a colourful light on screen life behind the Iro.
East Side Story is my favorite kind of movie documentary, one which explores a hitherto forgotten and obscure element of film history. Dana Ranga’s film examines the history of musicals produced behind the Iron Curtain from the 1930s up to the 1970s, including tantalizing clips from the forty musicals made during the time.
- Dana Ranga
Jun 25, 1997 · ''Even Jean-Luc Godard once said that the history of film was the history of boys photographing girls,'' says the witty narration, written by Ms. Ranga and Andrew Horn. ''But Stalin had...
Jan 1, 1997 · In addition to interviews with filmmakers, critics, and older Iron Curtain moviegoers sharing their youthful memories, the astonishingly rare footage unearthed by documentarians Dana Ranga and Andrew Horn will come as a revelation to even the most seasoned film buff.
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