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November 3. 1967-THE SKYSCRAPER - Page Three USSR rolls out Red carpet... Bolsheviks topple old regime; revolutionize archaic society by Carol Ries Fifty years and many moonshots after the 1917 Glorious Revolution, Russians will assemble in Red Square waving red banners and posters of Lenin to cele brate the anniversary of the birth of the Soviet Union, conceived in the rubble of two revolutions and World War I. Somewhere in the chaotic aftermath of the October Revolution, the historical accuracy of the events was lost; but the idea behind the 1917 revolt can be better appreciated in 1967 as the Russian people live in the hope of completing the work of the revolution peace and SOVIET ARTIST, N. Zhukov. catches the driving force of Nikolai Lenin, the 'Peoples' Hero' of the Great October Revolution, in this sketch from NYEVA. the literary-political journal of Union of Writers of the Russian Republic. freedom for the masses. Groundwork for the October Revolution I November on the present Soviet calendar I be gan in the February revolt of Restlessness in religion, arts characterizes new Soviet era by Peggy Sieben I'm a Soviet writer. I'm a living man. I'm not a marion ette who can be jerked on a string. So Andrei Voznesen- sky. 34. one of the Soviet Union's Leading poets, pro tested the preemptory cancel ling of his proposed trip to a New York literary gathering this summer. The protest can cellation is certainly not unique among Soviet writers, but is representative ot the growing restlessness of Soviet literati who must submit to government control. GOVERNMENT CENSOR SHIP has not always been rigid, even since the revolu tion of 1917. Literary creativ ity at the time of the Bolshe vik Revolution was at a high point. Thus the political revo lution came at the same time as. and probably gave impe tus to. the revolution in the arts. All this, however, came to an end with Stalin in the 1930's. Under Stalin the arts became didactic tools to ex press the glory of the Soviet State. THE REVIVAL OF SOVIET theater, as of the other arts, has been a relatively slow process since Stalin's death. Official conservatism still blocks any radical innovations in the arts. The film industry, otherwise producing excellent works, is frequently clogged by politics. The current situation could not. however, be called one of artistic oppression by the Com munist government. On the contrary, the government ap pears to be pushing the arts ahead to show the genius of Russian talent. Artists in all fields have gained a middle- class status; poets and per forming groups are sent abroad as cultural ambassadors. Yet the political structure is such that politics cannot help but intrude into any discussion, for official supervision is omni present. ALONGSIDE THE question of post - revolutionary artistic freedom must be placed the question of religious freedom. After 50 years of persistent effort on the part of the Com munist authorites to get rid of religion, the church i meaning principally the Russian Ortho dox Church' can still function and seems to be an important force in the intellectual life of Russia. This is in direct con- Russian department views 50th anniversary of revolt Red posters, hammers and sickles and Cyrillic script are only a small segment of what students will view through Nov. 15 on the third floor of the skyscraper. The Russian department, headed by Sister Joan Delaney. will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with an exhibit of several posters and signs that show the situa tion in Russia since the revolution. Nov. 7, 1917. Jeanne Scheurell. a co-ordinator of the display who studied in Russia this summer, brought back many posters that will be used in the exhibit. One theme of the display will be the palekh which is a special kind of art done on a jet black background. These brilliantly colored pictures, an outgrowth of religious icons, are used to decorate jewelry boxes, trays, pill boxes and other items. The October Revolution, so called because the uprising took place in October according to the old calendar, is among the most important turning points in Russian history. Several slo gans, pictures of Lenin and red posters will be displayed so that students can visualize the changes in the Soviet Union. Jeanne Scheurell. Nancy Kruse. Claudia McClellan. Mrs. Olga Wolz and Cyril Chrabot. Loyola, organized the Russian exhibit. tradiction to the Marxist theory. Ideally, religion is not to be tolerated under a communist system. From 1924 to 1941 the League of the Militant God less was a violent anti-reli gious force in the Soviet Union. Religious oppression died down after 1941, how ever, due to the need for unity in a concentrated war effort. AFTER THE war. churches were once again in a position for negotiation and a few rights were restored to the Orthodox Church: new bishops were appointed and some churches opened. But in the late 1950's Nikita Khrushchev planned renewed anti-religious efforts, which by the mid BO's were in full swing. ALL THIS is not particular ly astonishing. What is surpris ing is that in recent years Orthodox priests had the cour age to speak out against abuses. As evidenced in recent lit erature. Soviet writers, in par ticular Soviet youth, are inter ested in religious questions, al though not necessarily In or ganized religion. THIS MUCH CAN be said, Russian writers seem to be resurrecting much of the vo cabulary and syntax of reli gion: the poet is increasingly assuming the role of the prophet; spiritual overtones are apparent in much of the new poetry, especially in the treatment of man as a lonely, suffering soul. Russia's young poets are certainly not alone in their concern with religion and freedom. FIFTY YEARS after the Revolution, a Soviet writer such as Voznesensky can dare to voice the heresay of the supremacy of the individual over the State: The world is not junk up for auction. I am Andrei, not just an gt;- one. All progress is retrogres sion. If the process breaks man down. the same year. Continuing do mestic problems under Tsar Nicholas coupled with strained international relations caused by Russia's entrance into World- War I built up an ir repressible tension. A decline in Russian military power and an increasing infiltration of the Intelligentsia into the leg islative body produced the op portune moment for the col lapse of Tsardom. All elements of tradition and conservatism associated with the upper class became ready targets for the long-suffering peasants who pillaged estates and absconded with livestock. From absolute autocracy to absolute anarchy proved too sudden and radical a change. The peasants were unaware that the revolt incited by the Intelligentsia would sweep them out of the soil and reli gion to which they had clung so securely. In February a provisional government was created with Alexander Kerensky as acting leader of the Social Revolu tionary party and minister of justice. Soon, however. Vladimir Ul- yanov, a Marxist with the rev olutionary name of Nikolai Lenin arrived in Russia from Zurich, anxious for radical change and impatient with the slowness of the provisional government. As leader of the extremist faction of the Rus sian Social Democratic Party. the Bolsheviks. Lenin pro posed an immediate and di rect launch into the formation of a Marxist state. On a cold, quiet October night in 1917. a band of Bol sheviks occupied strategic points in Petrograd. Docked in the harbor of the Neva Revia, the pro-Bolshevik ship Au rora fired a few hesitant shots. Subsequently, the Bol sheviks stormed the labyrinth of the Tsar's Winter Palace, headquarters of the Kerensky government, and arrested the officials in the Tsar's dining room. Although relatively unbloody 'six fatalities accounted fori and uneventful, the October Revolution caused repercus sions throughout Russia and the West. Bolshevism spread to Moscow and gained further control. Its adherents were de termined to satisfy the imme diate demands of the people peace and nationalization without regard for the conse quences of such a major up heaval. From October to January, 1918, Lenin's Bolsheviks im posed radical economic and social changes. Church and private estates were confis cated, workers granted con trol of production, all vestiges of class and rank abolished, banks nationalized, new mar riage and divorce laws de creed and the calendar re vised. The Revolution failed, however, in Lenin's objective to spread Bolshevism inter nationally. A far-reaching result of 1917 was Russia's withdrawal from World War I. Subsequently she isolated herself from the West. a fact which today is one of the Soviet Union's major prob lems on the international scene, complicated by her In ternal pleas for the fulfillment of Lenin's slogan. All power to the Soviets. International festival shows best of experimental films by Alice Johnson Marshall McLuhan said it. The movie, by which we roll up the real world on a spool in order to unroll it as a magic carpet of fantasy, is a spec tacular wedding of the old me chanical technology and the new electric world. He might well have been describing the Third Chicago International Film Festival. THE FESTIVAL, scheduled this year at the Carnegie Thea ter. Nov. 11-18, is precisely as McLuhan describes, a mar riage of the old and the new in an exciting ceremony pre sided over by Hugo. Hugo is to the world of the art film what Oscar is to Hollywood, a symbol of recognized artistic value and prestige. At the fes tival this year. 15 gold and silver Hugos, with 3,000 in cash, will be awarded to en tries in seven categories in cluding features, student and international films. Added to the festival's dis tinction as the only competi tive international film festival in the United States, it is also a clearing house for some of the best experimental films produced here and abroad. BECAUSE THE festival has as one of its aims to make a positive contribution to the development of the motion pic ture. no development would be meaningful without a look at the past. For this reason the festival is presenting a series of early American silent films Nov. 12. Rounding out the festival's program is the student film competition to be held at noon on Nov. 11. The inclusion of this category attests to the mounting interest of students and educators in the art of the film as mode for self-expres sion. TO CLIMAX this Third Chi cago Festival, the judges will announce the winners of the coveted Hugo in a special pro gram on Nov. 17. Prices for the festival differ according to the scheduled events. Many of the screenings are free, others range in cost from 1.50 to 5 for any three programs.
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1967-11-03 (3)
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