Overview

One of the first books to explore Russian cinema in the new millennium, this volume captures the emergence of a new cinematic sensibility and interprets it through the framework of the symbolic mode. Analysing films by established directors such as Sokurov, Zviagintsev and Zel'dovich, as well as lesser-known filmmakers like Balabanov, Fedorchenko and Kalatozishvili, Contemporary Russian Cinema 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. Whether directed towards a mystical world, or even towards an afterlife, the symbolic mode defines the emergence of a specific mindscape which has escaped previous representational forms, and is intrinsically linked to Russia's dramatic political and economic development since the turn of the twenty-first century.

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Author:   Vlad Strukov (Associate Professor, University of Leeds)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9781474425957

ISBN 10:   147442595
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

IntroductionChapter 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)FilmographyBibliographyIndex

Reviews

"A highly sophisticated and provocative monograph.--Alexander Prokhorov, College of William and Mary ""The Russian Review"" Pioneering and original, this book brings contemporary theory to the study of modern Russian film and brings recent Russian film to the attention of cultural theorists. Full of penetrating and exciting insights, it deepens our understanding of how contemporary Russian authorial cinema works and reminds us why it is important.--Prof Julian Graffy, UCL Strukov's book is unique by its combination of outstanding theoretical vision and incredible attention to filmic texture. Through the theoretically innovative concept of the symbolic mode, the book explores the transformations in the epistemology of Russian film and the story of making and unmaking of new subjectivities called to life by the historical shifts of the last decade.--Mark Lipovetsky, University of Colorado, Boulder"

A highly sophisticated and provocative monograph. -- Alexander Prokhorov, The Russian Review

Author Information

Vlad Strukov is Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, specialising in world cinemas, digital media and cultural theory

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