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