How Catherine The Great has been used to represent Russian identity / history through Western cinema. by Ben Wheeler

How Catherine The Great has been used to represent Russian identity / history through Western cinema. by Ben Wheeler https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0 A representation of Cathrine and all of the different genres presented en-us 2022-03-17 15:37:49 UTC 2022-04-07 13:20:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Catherine the Great bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100356465 2022-03-17 15:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100356465 Empress of Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100362159 2022-03-17 15:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100362159 Princess Sophia of Germany bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100365320 2022-03-17 16:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100365320 Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100369640 2022-03-17 16:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100369640 Elizabeth of Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100372469 2022-03-17 16:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100372469 Peter Of Holstein Gottorp (Peter III) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100375689 2022-03-17 16:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100375689 Vast Eastern Empire bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100381934 2022-03-17 16:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100381934 Russian Orthodox Church bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100393259 2022-03-17 16:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100393259 Tsar of Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100403254 2022-03-17 16:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100403254 Western bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100406632 2022-03-17 16:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100406632 Affairs bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100427239 2022-03-17 16:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100427239 Intellectual bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100431362 2022-03-17 16:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100431362 Peter the Great bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100434386 2022-03-17 16:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100434386 "She seized the rule of Russia from her husband and adopted the country as her own" E. A. Ford, D.C. Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits in Hollywood Filming the Lives of Queens', (University Press of Kentucky, 2009), Pg. 34. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100457080 2022-03-17 16:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100457080 Western films bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100459755 2022-03-17 16:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100459755 Three genres bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100463517 2022-03-17 16:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100463517 RISE TO POWER bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100464370 2022-03-17 16:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100464370 SEX AND LOVERS bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100465284 2022-03-17 16:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100465284 TARAKANOVA bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100467053 2022-03-17 16:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100467053 "helping to set the intellectual tone of modern Russia", Ford and Mitchell, Royal Portraits, P.g. 36 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100471551 2022-03-17 17:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100471551 Josef Von Sternburg, 'The Scarlett Empress' (Paramount Picture Studios,9th May 1934) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100484540 2022-03-17 17:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100484540 Paul Czinner, 'The Rise of Catherine the Great' (London Films, United Artists, Jan 1934) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100486634 2022-03-17 17:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100486634 Michael Anderson, 'Young Catherine', (17th Feb, 1991) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100488145 2022-03-17 17:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100488145 "these versions of Catherines life fixate on the getting of the crown", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 36 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100494424 2022-03-17 17:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100494424 Begin with her journey from Germany to Russia and end with her taking the throne. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100501573 2022-03-17 17:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100501573 Initially played as a victim bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100504395 2022-03-17 17:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100504395 Presents Peter and Russian in a villain like manner bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100506128 2022-03-17 17:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100506128 Catherine "has the intelligence and insight to advise Empress Elizabeth during a famine...", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 37. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100531201 2022-03-17 17:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100531201 Romanticised bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100537513 2022-03-17 17:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100537513 "Russian in a stereotypical way, the lodge with its flickering firelight, handsome officers and exotic women..." , Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 37. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100540305 2022-03-17 17:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100540305 Highlights the West's commonplace imagination of the East, portrayed through set design. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100542763 2022-03-17 17:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100542763 More of a Prussian scene bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100547820 2022-03-17 17:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100547820 "frames Peter in his environment of choice; the Prussia loving Peter hated Russia", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g 38. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100550242 2022-03-17 17:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100550242 "presents Catherine more as a saviour of Russia, having a passion for Russia", 'Royal Portraits', Ford and Mitchell, P.g. 38 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100553947 2022-03-17 17:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100553947 a metaphor for the Wests idea of Russia and Russian identity bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100568901 2022-03-17 17:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100568901 "designed to look the way audiences expect", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 37. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100571943 2022-03-17 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100571943 Belief of Catherines 'Westernness' linking with her inner 'goodness' against Russias backwardness bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100575358 2022-03-17 18:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100575358 Sexualised bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100576960 2022-03-17 18:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100576960 Again is a subtle metaphorical portrayal of the West's dislike for Russia in the pre-WW2 era. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100579394 2022-03-17 18:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100579394 "reflect the fears, values, myths and assumptions of the culture that produces it", Paul. B. Weistein, 'Movies as a Gateway to History: The History and Film Project' The history Teacher, Vol. 35, No. 1, (Nov, 2001), P.g. 31, https://doi.org/10.2307/3054508 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100589042 2022-03-17 18:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100589042 More ruthless in her rise to power. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100590703 2022-03-17 18:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100590703 "the perpetually evil Catherine of The Scarlett Empress", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 48. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100601273 2022-03-17 18:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100601273 Rising tensions with West and Russia shown through film bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100653591 2022-03-17 18:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100653591 Western 'identity' of Russia portrayed through this version of Catherine what she stands for bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100655156 2022-03-17 18:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100655156 1991, Western tensions towards Russia calmer, portrayal of Russian identity in Western films less menacing. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100658046 2022-03-17 18:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100658046 "Young Cathrine moulds Catherine the Great into a figure more palatable to late - twentieth - century viewers", Ford and Mitchell, 'Portraits of Hollywood', P.g. 54 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100660612 2022-03-17 19:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100660612 Film however, still links back to old idea of Catherine Westernness being a trait of power and greatness, triumphing over Russian identity bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100662741 2022-03-17 19:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100662741 "subtle messages filmmakers bury in the subject of their work", Weinstein, 'Movies as the Gateway to History', P.g. 44 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100666620 2022-03-17 19:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100666620 Films inclusion of a English ambassador, another metaphor for Western influence within Russian history and its power over Russian ideology. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100670555 2022-03-17 19:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100670555 The West is shown in a good light through this character being and addition to the Western (German) background of Catherine bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100672142 2022-03-17 19:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100672142 "the English ambassador, who sees all the qualities mandatory for a great ruler in the young princess...", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 56. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100674934 2022-03-17 19:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100674934 Catherine more understanding of her husband Peter and his un-easy ways as she takes her time in grasping his manners. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100679509 2022-03-17 19:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100679509 "makes Catherine's relationship with Peter a testament to her growing understanding", Ford and Mitchell, 'Royal Portraits', P.g. 57 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100682046 2022-03-17 19:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100682046 A portrayal of the Wests growing understanding of the East/ Russia and the identity they are portraying themselves, opposing the West in their own ways now, just as Catherine gradually opposes Peter. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100683783 2022-03-17 19:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100683783 The "othering" of Russia due to Western beliefs of their history and ideology. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100688711 2022-03-17 19:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100688711 "imagery of Russia as the 'exotic other' ", Tim Bergfelder, Sue Harris and Sarah Street, 'Set Design, Style and Genre in the 1930's British Cinema, in 'Film architecture and the transnational imagination set designs in 1930's European Cinema', (Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2007), P.g. 242. https://baylor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay/alma991027032453605576/01BUL_INST:BAYLOR bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100706858 2022-03-17 19:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2100706858 architecture bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2101752296 2022-03-18 11:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2101752296 education bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102264543 2022-03-18 16:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102264543 as tensions grew nearer the war, the West found subtle ways in which they could emphasise their distaste for Russian identity through film bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102270814 2022-03-18 17:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102270814 "Peter, a man she grows to despise", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture' P.g. 247. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102275532 2022-03-18 17:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102275532 Western influence on Russian identity bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102279525 2022-03-18 17:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102279525 vast Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102289130 2022-03-18 17:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102289130 Big Palaces, large rooms and a cluttered decor bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102290010 2022-03-18 17:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102290010 "hyperbolic, excessive and grotesque decor that symbolises 'Russia' and the older order", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture', P.g. 243 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102293124 2022-03-18 17:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102293124 Western view of Russia as a backwards state presented through decor- not embracing Western modernity that Catherine represents bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102294709 2022-03-18 17:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102294709 "gives the impression of a repressive, menacing and violent social order", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture ', P.g. 248. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102300792 2022-03-18 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102300792 less grotesque bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102303345 2022-03-18 17:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102303345 Western interest of Eastern/ Russian identity bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102306746 2022-03-18 17:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102306746 1930's Western Russian films bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102308860 2022-03-18 17:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102308860 "indicator of a fascination with the Soviet Union and anxieties about competitive militarism on the eve of the Second Work War", ' Bergfelder, Harris and Street", 'Film Architecture', P.g. 249 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102312148 2022-03-18 17:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102312148 Cathrines Western 'goodness' VS Peter's Russian "backwardness" bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102319576 2022-03-18 17:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102319576 Russian identity crumbling in on itself bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102321260 2022-03-18 17:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102321260 Otto Preminger, 'A Royal Scandal' (20th Century Studios, 26th March, 1945) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102329524 2022-03-18 17:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102329524 Ernst Lubisch, 'Forbidden Paradise', (Paramount Pictures, 30th November, 1924) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102334585 2022-03-18 17:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102334585 Clarence Brown, 'The Eagle' (United Artists, 8th November, 1925) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102336398 2022-03-18 17:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102336398 diminish Catherine as an intellectual bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102337445 2022-03-18 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102337445 greed of Russia emphasised for Cathrine greed for lovers bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102339175 2022-03-18 17:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102339175 "employ stereotypical cultural images", Yana Hashamova, 'Pride and Panic: Russian Imagination of the West in post-Soviet film', (Bristol,UK; Chicago, 2007) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102343932

]]> 2022-03-18 17:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102343932 Western losses after WW2 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102345928 2022-03-18 17:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102345928 1945 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102346407 2022-03-18 17:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102346407 Nations faced many losses, need moral boost bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102348741 2022-03-18 18:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102348741 Catherine's infatuation for military officer bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102351359 2022-03-18 18:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102351359 Catherine as wildly extravagant in her intentions bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102355238 2022-03-18 18:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102355238 Russian history follows path of extravogance bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102356466 2022-03-18 18:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102356466 Comedy film bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102358639 2022-03-18 18:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102358639 "Historical films provided art directors with many challenges and opportunities", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture', P.g. 225 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102365276 2022-03-18 18:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102365276 attempted to not damage relations with Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102366367 2022-03-18 18:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102366367 extravagant scale of set designs emphasising backwards ideology of Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102435483 2022-03-18 19:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102435483 Fyodor Ostep, 'Princess Tarakanova", (Nero-Film, 16th March, 1938) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102437220 2022-03-18 19:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102437220 Raymond Bernard, 'Tarakanova, (France, 18th March, 1930) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102438027 2022-03-18 19:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102438027 Sidney Salkow, 'Shadow of the Eagle', (Scalera Film, 11th September, 1950) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102438865 2022-03-18 19:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102438865 Negative genre of film 1920's bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102440607 2022-03-18 19:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102440607 Genre of film connects to political agenda of the 1920's - what was popular within the Western masses bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102442097 2022-03-18 19:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102442097 Negative reporting of Russia in the UK after 1917 (after the Russian Revolution) bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102449335 2022-03-18 19:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102449335 the British ruling elite feared a revolution would also happen in Britain due to influences coming across Europe bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102450305 2022-03-18 19:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102450305 Britain feared communists would infiltrate the unions as they were growing in power bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102451607 2022-03-18 19:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102451607 Wests nuclear arms race with Russia during the Cold War. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102452912 2022-03-18 19:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102452912 Genre of Tarakanova films presents the Russian identity of one of hatred and power bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102453474 2022-03-18 19:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102453474 Catherine seen as a great power hunting down Tarakanova bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102454551 2022-03-18 19:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102454551 attempt to gain a collective Western feeling of opposing Russia by presenting its identity through Catherine in a bad light bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102455511 2022-03-18 19:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102455511 Catherine has minor screen time in these Western films bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102456196 2022-03-18 19:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102456196 Her great will and power casts itself over the story bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102456623 2022-03-18 19:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102456623 a pretender to the throne who claims to be the illegitimate daughter of Empress Elizabeth. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102457437 2022-03-18 19:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102457437 Russian identity intimidation to the West? bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102458388 2022-03-18 19:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102458388 Communist tensions leading up to WW2 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102458820 2022-03-18 19:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2102458820 "represents political power [Russianness ] through an exaggerated mise en scene", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture', P.g. 248 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103003769 2022-03-19 14:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103003769 western propaganda during pre-war era bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103008271 2022-03-19 14:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103008271 common projection of Russian identity in Western film bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103010527 2022-03-19 14:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103010527 emphasis of Russian backwardness bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103012070 2022-03-19 14:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103012070 helped build a negative stereotypical and concrete portrayal of Russianness within the west bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103013562 2022-03-19 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103013562 avoid a British Communist revolution bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103019454 2022-03-19 14:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103019454 many lovers bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103020433 2022-03-19 14:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103020433 unfaithful bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103033232 2022-03-19 14:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103033232 Catherines love for soldier denied bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103048271 2022-03-19 15:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103048271 his rejection creates tensions bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103048698 2022-03-19 15:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103048698 Russian aristocracy shown in a bad light bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103049370 2022-03-19 15:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103049370 Property and possessions seized by aristocracy bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103049719 2022-03-19 15:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103049719 Russian identity yet again subtly attacked by Western film propaganda bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103050523 2022-03-19 15:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103050523 post-revolution tensions within the West bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103052408 2022-03-19 15:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103052408 representation of Western imagery of Russian history and their old regime ways of life bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103057578 2022-03-19 15:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103057578 Russian films about the West bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103066090 2022-03-19 15:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103066090 "Soviet ideology demonised western opulence", Hashamova, 'Pride and Panic'. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103067276 2022-03-19 15:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103067276 increased tensions bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103077548 2022-03-19 16:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103077548 for Russia's attempt to spread of communist identity throughout the West bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103078181 2022-03-19 16:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103078181 Comparison of Western and Russian films bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103081694 2022-03-19 16:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103081694 "there would simply be no sense of being a nation if the West did no exist", Liah Greenfield, 'The Formation of the Russian National Identity: The role of Status, Insecurity and Resentment', Comparative Studies in Society and History, Jul 1990, Vol. 32, No.3, P.g. 583, (Cambridge University Press, July 1990), https://www.jstor.org/stable/179065 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103083722 2022-03-19 16:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103083722 Russian identity was in a sense solidated through the Western portrayal of Catherine the Great and Russia in film bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103088381 2022-03-19 16:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103088381 "The West was an integral, indelible part of the Russian national consciousness", Greenfield, 'The Formation', P.g. 583 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103092715 2022-03-19 16:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103092715 Tensions during the 50's, accelerated through the use of Western media and film portraying Catherine and Russia in a savage manner bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103094238 2022-03-19 16:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103094238 tensions to create a sense of identity within Russia , as the Western portrayal began to develop in the East as they battle against such a stereotype bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103095102 2022-03-19 16:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103095102 Catherine hunting Tarakanova bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103113108 2022-03-19 16:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103113108 attempts to replace Catherine the Great as Empress bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103115543 2022-03-19 17:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103115543 the West attempting to relate the communist regime of the Soviet Union during the pre-war era of the 1930's bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103116524 2022-03-19 17:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103116524 Catherine's strong will and savageness is a representation of Russia's power during the period bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103117311 2022-03-19 17:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103117311 "established in the American imagination", Weinstein, 'Movies as the Gateway to History, P.g. 44 bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103118197 2022-03-19 17:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103118197 America's 'western' idea spread to Europe bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103118760 2022-03-19 17:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103118760 growing tensions of Russia and their ideology bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103119685 2022-03-19 17:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103119685 Catherine 'rescuing' Russia from Tarakanova bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103132219 2022-03-19 17:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103132219 can be viewed as the Wester influence in Russia rescuing its national identity from a backwards regime. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103132758 2022-03-19 17:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103132758 Catherine jealousy of Orlov's love for Tarakanova bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103134293 2022-03-19 17:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103134293 Catherines ruthless actions bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103134378 2022-03-19 17:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103134378 diminished and brutal Russia bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103135060 2022-03-19 17:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103135060 Catherine is seen as 'rescuing' Russia from such a backward regime bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103135456 2022-03-19 17:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103135456 Never seen ruling bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103142511 2022-03-19 17:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103142511 exaggerated sexual desire bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103143277 2022-03-19 17:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103143277 Catherines sexual extravagance portrays Russia as extravagant bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103145180 2022-03-19 17:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103145180 "visual strategies", Bergfelder, Harris and Street, 'Film Architecture', P.g. 249. bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103147784 2022-03-19 17:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103147784 Grand costumes and luxurious jewellery bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103148086 2022-03-19 17:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2103148086 Taraknova's illegitimate claims bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2105501069 2022-03-21 14:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2105501069 Western traits override Russia's old regime and identity bw7851b https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2105505529 2022-03-21 14:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bw7851b/kf360w1n2bc1xur0/wish/2105505529 Western expectations of 'Russia' 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