Bed And Sofa: The Film Companion; Author: Graffy, Julian; Paperback (C Format)

Author: Graffy, Julian
Paperback (C Format); Facsimiles, Portraits
135 pages
Published: August 2001
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
ISBN: 1860645038

Bed and Sofa is a captivating study of the 1927 film by Abram Room about the failure of the sexual revolution in 1920s Russia. The story of a menage-a-trois involving one woman and two men,and set in a 1920s Moscow flat, the film is remarkable for its frankness, humor, and its caustic assessment of the new Soviet society, particularly the new Soviet man.Important reading and an essential source of reference for students of film and Russian culture. Abram Room's daring 1927 film is remarkable for its frankness, humour, and corrosive assessment of the new Soviet society - particularly the new Soviet man. This short study assesses its reception at the time of its release and the critical impact it has had on Russian filmmaking.