Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel (2009)
• July 1st, 2009 • 1h 29min
Documentary
Overview
A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.
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