Thanks. She deserves more credit and more scrutiny. I hope this will contribute to both.
Keith > On Mar 4, 2026, at 12:58 PM, allan siegel via nettime-l > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great Work Keith! > She is a greatly under appreciated filmmaker/editor/artist; her own work and > her influence/impact on Eisenstein almost invisible. > best > allan > > > >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2026, at 12:00, [email protected] wrote: >> Send nettime-l mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.servus.at/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of nettime-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. A publication announcement (Keith Sanborn) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:53:13 -0500 >> From: Keith Sanborn <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: <nettime> A publication announcement >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Friends, Romans? >> >> The ?great work? has finally come to a conclusion: my translation of Esfir? >> Shub?s My Life is the Cinema is now available through Sticking Place Books. >> This is the first complete translation of her memoir, statements, unrealized >> projects, and correspondence (as they appeared in the 1972 Russian Edition >> of her work) with a couple of letters between her and Alexei Gan, which?to >> my knowledge?have never before appeared in English. It includes images you >> have definitely never seen previously. It also includes an essay by me >> entitled, ?She?s no Dziga Vertov,? about her relationship with Vertov as >> frenemies in the world of soviet non-acted film and the fallout from that >> relationship in the historical evaluation of her work.There is also a >> critique of what is sadly the only monograph yet to appear on Shub, though >> other ones and possibly better ones appear to be in the offing. >> >> In case her name does not ring a bell, Shub is the filmmaker behind Fall of >> the Romanov Dynasty, one of the first feature-length compilation >> documentaries, i.e. a film made of other films. She is also the director of >> one of the earliest Soviet Sound Films, KShE, among other films and one of >> the few women of the era to achieve the status of director/author for her >> work. Oh, and she is the one who taught her friend Segei Mikhailovich >> Eisenstein the fundamentals of editing. >> >> Further information can be had by clicking on the link below: >> >> https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/my-life-is-the-cinema? >> My Life is the Cinema >> stickingplacebooks.com >> https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/my-life-is-the-cinema >> >> Please consider institutional or individual purchase. It?s available through >> Amazon, but it?s cheaper if you go through the Sticking Place website via >> Ingram, who prints locally in the US and the UK. I?m not sure if Ingram >> ships to Europe, of course the dreaded Amazon does. >> >> If this mass-email is an annoyance, let me know and I will try to remove you >> from any further mailings. Due to record keeping anomalies you may receive >> this or a similar announcement more than once. Apologies in advance are in >> bad taste, so I will reserve them for an offense committed. >> >> Onward! >> >> Keith Sanborn >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> -- >> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission >> # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: https://www.nettime.org >> # contact: [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of nettime-l Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1 >> **************************************** >> > -- > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: https://www.nettime.org > # contact: [email protected] -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: [email protected]
