Contemporary Russian Cinema: Symbols of a New Era

ISBN-13: 9781474407649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 304 str.

Vlad Strukov

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1: Abstracted Subjectivity and Knowledge-Worlds: Aleksandr Sokurov’s Taurus (2001); Chapter 2: The Lacking Sense of Cinema: Aleksandr Proshkin’s The Miracle (2009); Chapter 3: Gatekeepers of (Non-)Knowledge: Aleksei Balabanov’s Morphine (2008); Chapter 4: Symbolic Folds and Flattened Discourse: Andrei Zviagintsev’s Elena (2010); Chapter 5: Non-Knowledge and the Symbolic Mode: Nikolai Khomeriki’s A Tale About Darkness (2009); Chapter 6: The World and the Event: Kirill Serebrennikov’s St. George’s Day (2008); Chapter 7: A Plea for the Dead (Self): Renata Litvinova’s Goddess: How I Fell in Love (2004); Chapter 8: Body in Crisis and Posthumous Subjectivity: Igor’ Voloshin’s Nirvana (2008); Chapter 9: The Difficulty of Being Dead: Aleksandr Veledinskii’s Alive (2006); Chapter 10: Intentionality and Modelled Subjectivities: Aleksei Fedorchenko’s Silent Souls (2010); Chapter 11: Abandoned Being: Mikhail Kalatozishvili’s The Wild Field (2008); Chapter 12 & Conclusions; Amplifications of Subjectivity: Aleksandr Zel’dovich’s The Target (2010); Filmography; Bibliography; Index