Police aesthetics. Litigation, cinema and secret police in the Soviet era

In her book, Kristina Vatsulescu offers a fresh look at the relations of culture and secret services of the countries of Eastern Europe of the twentieth century, debunking the myth of the confrontation of rebellious creators and repressive regimes. The author focuses on the personal files of citizens, criminological and investigative innovations, as well as cases of direct circulation of a secret police to cinema and literature - whether it is writing memoirs or shooting a propaganda film.
This optics allows you to interpret many works of art, including the most famous ones, and also show that not only the state was interested in using cultural figures, but the writers and directors themselves experienced a persistent and sometimes painful interest in Methods and aesthetics of secret services