Michalski, Milena Lily; (2000) Iurii Olesha, Abram Room and Strogii iunosha - Artistic form and political context. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).

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Strogii iunosha was a unique experiment to create a new art form, conceived by the author lurii Olesha and developed by him and the director Abram Room. It was intended to be, at once, a literary and a cinematic work of art. Room's film was banned, but Olesha's written version was not. Analysis of previously unconsidered production notebooks for the film Strogii iunosha reveals the reason for this. Other scholars have suggested that the change in the prevailing political atmosphere between 1934 and 1936 on the one hand, or the effects of the differences in the natures of literature and cinema on the other, explain why the film was banned, yet the scenario was not. While both have relevance to a comprehensive explanation, analysis of the notebooks shows that, more than either, the crucial factor is the director himself Room's enduring fidelity to the original and his profound understanding of Olesha's intentions simultaneously kept the film true to Olesha's vision and surpassed it. Doing so in the prevailing political and cultural circumstances made the film's banning inevitable. This explains the different outcomes for the two parts of this artistic experiment.

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