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This is the first book to deal exclusively with Russian cinema of the 1990s. It introduces readers to the currents and common interests of contemporary Russian cinema, offers close studies of the work of filmmakers like Sokurov, Muratova and Astrakhan, reviews the Russian film industry in a period of massive economic transformation, and assesses cinema's function as a definer of Russia's new identity.

Birgit Beumers teaches at the University of Bristol.

General Editor's Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

ix

Note on Transliteration

x

Notes on Contributors

xi

Illustrations

xii

Introduction

1

(11)

Birgit Beumers

The Russian Idea: Synopsis for a Screenplay

12

(13)

Oleg Kovalov

Part I The Russian Idea: A Historical and Cinematographic Perspective

No Glory, No Majesty, or Honour: The Russian Idea and Inverse Value

25

(9)

Nancy Condee

Now that the Party's Over: Soviet Cinema and Its Legacy

34

(9)

Richard Taylor

Russian Cinema -- National Cinema? Three Views

43

(14)

`Cinema and Life' (October 1997)

43

(3)

Sergei Selianov

`The State of the National Cinema' (December 1997)

46

(4)

Daniil Dondurei

`The Function of a National Cinema' (May 1998)

50

(7)

Nikita Mikhalkov

Part II Remapping, Fragmenting, Myth-making: In Search of the Russian Idea

Tinkling Symbols: Fragmented Society -- Fragmented Cinema?

57

(9)

Nina Tsyrkun

Viewed from Below: Subverting the Myths of the Soviet Landscape

66

(10)

Emma Widdis

To Moscow! To Moscow? The Russian Hero and the Loss of the Centre

76

(15)

Birgit Beumers

Part III The Past of the Fatherland Reviewed

La Grande Illusion

91

(14)

Tatiana Moskvina

Fathers for the Fatherland: The Cult of the Leader in Russian Cinema

105

(9)

Natasha Zhuravkina

New Versions of Old Classics: Recent Cinematic Interpretations of Russian Literature

114

(13)

David Gillespie

Part IV The Russian Idea for Contemporary Film-makers

Representation -- Mimicry -- Death: The Latest Films of Alexander Sokurov

127

(17)

Mikhail Iampolski

The Meaning of Death: Kira Muratova's Cinema of the Absurd

144

(17)

Graham Roberts

Dmitri Astrakham: Popular Cinema for a Time of Uncertainty

161

(19)

Julian Graffy

Appendix 1: Directors and Their Films

180

(4)

Appendix 2: `Nika' and `Kinotavr' Awards

184

(3)

Notes

187

(19)

Filmography

206

(5)

Select Bibliography

211

(2)

Index

213

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