Contemporary Russian cinema : symbols of a new era / Vlad Strukov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strukov, Vlad, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Russia (Federation)--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--Russia (Federation).

Symbolism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Analysing films by established directors such as Sokurov and Zel'dovich, as well as lesser-known filmmakers like Balabanov and Kalatozishvili, this book explores the particular style of film presentation that has emerged in Russia since 2000, characterised by its use of highly abstract concepts and visual language.

Contents:

Introduction. Conceptualising the period ; Overview of the contemporary Russian film ; Critical review of scholarship on contemporary Russian film ; Contextualising the present study ; Theorising contemporary Russian cinema

1. Abstracted subjectivity and knowledge-worlds : Aleksandr Sokurov's Taurus (2001)

2. The lacking sense of cinema : Aleksandr Proshkin's The miracle (2009)

3. Gatekeepers of (non-)knowledge : Aleksei Balabanov's Morphine (2008)

4. Symbolic folds and flattened discourse : Andrei Zviagintsev's Elena (2010)

5. Non-knowledge and the symbolic mode : Nikolai Khomeriki's A tale about darkness (2009)

6. The world and the event : Kirill Serebrennikov's St. George's Day (2008)

7. A plea for the dead (self) : Renata Litvinova's Goddess : how I fell in love (2004)

8. Body in crisis and posthumous subjectivity : Igor' Voloshin's Nirvana (2008)

9. The difficulty of being dead : Aleksandr Veledinskii's Alive (2006)

10. Intentionality and modelled subjectivities : Aleksei Fedorchenko's Silent souls (2010)

11. Abandoned being : Mikhail Kalatozishvili's The wild field (2008)

12. Amplifications of subjectivity : Aleksandr Zel'dovich's The target (2010)

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-0766-8

1-4744-2595-X

1-4744-2202-0

1-4744-0765-X