Cover -- THE CINEMA OF THE SOVIET THAW -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Persistence of Presence: Soviet Panoramic Cinema -- 2. Mimetic Passages: The Cinema of Mikhail Kalatozov and Sergei Urusevskii -- 3. The Architecture of Movement: Georgii Danelia's I Walk the Streets of Moscow -- 4. A Walk through the Ruins: Larisa Shepitko's Wings -- 5. The Obdurate Matter of Space: Kira Muratova's Brief Encounters -- Conclusion: The Otherness of Space -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index