PT Journal
AU Blahova, J
TI "They've Seen the Impossible ... they've Lived the Incredible ...". Repackaging Czechoslovak Films for the US Market during the Cold War
SO Iluminace
PY 2012
BP 138
EP 143
VL 24
IS 3
WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201203-0009.php
DE The Invention of Destruction; Ikarie XB; movie posters; film distribution; Cold War and film
SN 0862397X
AB About the historical understanding of the practices of film distributors, the use of movie posters to "repackage" films for different markets, different audiences in different time periods, and the search for and manipulation of films imported from "hostile Czechoslovakia" in the second half of the 20th century, specifically on two Czech fantasy-adventure films, Invention of Destruction and Ikaria XB-1, which premiered in the US in 1961 and 1964. Documented on the movie posters of both films in the Czech version and the version for American distribution.
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