This edition: Ivan's Childhood
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Original tape date: February 2, 1986. First aired: February 2, 1986.Ivan's Childhood (1962/Soviet Union; 95 min., b&w, sound); Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky. Cast: Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev, Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov. A poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth (Criterion).
On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Professor Louis Menashe (Polytechnic University), and Professor Leonard Quart (College of Staten Island; Associate editor of Cineaste) to discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood (1962).
Other topics of discussion include:
Soviet war films.
Tarkovsky's directorial career.
Andrei Konchalovsky.
Recorded on February 2nd, 1986 at the Borough Manhattan Community College Media Center.
This program was digitized, captioned, and made accessible in 2021 as part of "Uncovering CUNY'S Audiovisual Heritage," a preservation project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Guest List
Prof. Jerry Carlson Professor of Film Studies, City College of New York
Mr. Louis Menashe Professor Emeritus, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Leonard Quart Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Associate editor of Cineaste
