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Acknowledgements

Richard Taylor would like to thank the British Academy, the Kennan Institute
(Washington, DC), the British Film Institute and the University College of Swansea
for the financial assistance that made possible the original contacts from which this
project has emerged. He would also like to express his heartfelt gratitude to
Professor George Boyce for arranging the leave that made completion of the
project possible, to Phyllis Roberts for unfailingly protecting him at vital moments
from the trials and tribulations of reality, to Andrew Braddel for his assistance in
overcoming obstacles to international communications, and Roger Davies for
technical help. Lastly, he would like to thank most warmly of all his family and
friends, especially Melva Taylor, Jeffrey Richards and Peter Matthews, for their
generous support and encouragement, and Richard Shannon for a veritable
montage of attractions.
Ian Christie would like to express his gratitude to present and former colleagues
at the British Film Institute, notably Jayne Pilling, John Gillett and Clare Kitson, for
many kinds of assistance. Acknowledgement is also due to Patsy Nightingale, for
her unstinting tolerance and support, and to Melanie Tebb, for invaluable help
throughout the editorial process.
We should both like to acknowledge the enormous debt we owe to our friends
and colleagues among Soviet film historians, especially to Naum Kleiman, to whom
this volume is dedicated with affection, to Yuri Tsivian and Mikhail Yampolsky,
who have contributed essays, and to Rashit Yangirov, who has contributed in
other ways with generous guidance, hospitality and support. We hope that this
volume will be adequate recompense.
Richard Taylor
Ian Christie
London, January 1990