Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Part One - Films in a shifting landscape......Page 18
Cinema without cinema Mikhail Yampolsky......Page 20
The last romantics Alexander Timofeevsky......Page 27
Jobless prophets Lev Karakhan......Page 33
Midseasonal anarchists Marina Drozdova......Page 39
The most avant-garde of all parallel ones Sergei......Page 44
Dobrotvorsky......Page 49
Part Two - Glasnost\'s top ten......Page 56
I - Repentance......Page 58
On the road that leads to the truth Tatyana Khloplyankina......Page 60
Between the circus and the zoo Igor Aleinikov......Page 63
Editors\' commentary......Page 67
II - Is It Easy To Be Young?......Page 70
Is it easy to be grown up? Lev Anninsky......Page 72
Deafening voids Alexander Kiselev......Page 74
Editors\' commentary......Page 77
II - A Forgotten Tune for the Flute......Page 78
Scherzo -- suite -- nocturne Alexander Timofeevsky......Page 80
Editors\' commentary......Page 86
IV - The Cold Summer of \'53......Page 88
Birds of passage Mikhail Troflmenkov......Page 90
Editors\' commentary......Page 95
V - Assa......Page 96
The tenderest shroud Alexander Timofeevsky......Page 98
Editors\' commentary......Page 103
VI - Commissar......Page 106
Commissar Maya Turovskaya......Page 108
Editors\' commentary......Page 110
VII - Little Vera......Page 112
Forward, singing Tatyana Moskvina......Page 114
Editors\' commentary......Page 117
VIII - The Days of Eclipse......Page 118
Out of bounds Victor Bozhovich......Page 120
The days of eclipse Maya Turovskaya......Page 121
The world as a mirror for the other world Mikhail Yampolsky......Page 123
A billion years before the end of cinema Tatyana Moskvina......Page 125
Editors\' commentary......Page 130
IX - The Needle......Page 132
A dandy of the postpunk era or \"Goodbye, America, oh ...\" Marina Drozdova......Page 134
Editors\' commentary......Page 138
Forgiveness Pyotr Shepotinnik......Page 140
Taxi fares, blues fans, and film viewers Sergei Lavrentiev......Page 144
Editors\' commentary......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 150
Beyond glasnost Marina Drozdova......Page 152
Directors\' biofilmography......Page 156
Filmography......Page 161
About the contributors......Page 166
About the editors......Page 168
Index......Page 170