Description
Book SynopsisThe first overall survey of the effects of glasnost on the work of Soviet filmmakers and their films.
Trade ReviewA solid survey of the films of the first phase of glasnost up to 1989.... Richly illustrated with photographs from films and film posters. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *
A first assessment of the liberating effect of the new Russian revolution on the work of Soviet directors. Included is an informative filmography of the most significant directors with a comprehensive list of their films. * American Cinematographer *
Table of Contents
- Preface: Recent Soviet Film—One Critic’s Choice
- Chapter 1. The Age of Perestroika
- Purging Stalin’s Ghost from the Film Industry
- The Romm Connection
- Beyond the Year of the Rabbit
- Chapter 2. Youth in Turmoil
- The New Raskolnikov, Dostoevsky Revisted
- What Do You Want to Do with Your Life, Ivan Miroshnikov?
- Looking Back: The Orphans (1977), Ivan Brovkin (1955, 1959)
- Directors with Commitment
- Chapter 3. Odysseys in Inner Space
- Gherman’s Time Machine
- Soloviev’s Parable of Hope
- The Imperfect Hero
- Chapter 4. The Directors of Glasnost: A Filmography
- Vadim Abdrashitov
- Tengiz Abuladze
- Alexander Askoldov
- Rolan Bykov
- Grigori Chukhrai
- Georgi Danelia
- Nana Djordjadze
- Alexei Gherman
- Lana Gogoberidze
- Nikolai Gubenko
- Yuri Kara
- Elem Klimov
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Vyacheslav Kristofovich
- Irakli Kvirikadze
- Leida Laius
- Konstantin Lopushansky
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Kira Muratova
- Valeri Ogorodnikov
- Tolomush Okeyev
- Gleb Panfilov
- Sergei Paradjanov
- Vasili Pichul
- Yuri Podnieks
- Eldar Ryazanov
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Eldar Shengelaya
- Georgi Shengelaya
- Larisa Shepitko
- Andrei Smirnov
- Alexander Sokurov
- Sergei Soloviev
- Endnotes
- Index
