Vlad Strukov

Contemporary Russian Cinema

Symbols of a New Era

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'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.' Julian Graffy, University College London '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 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. Vlad Strukov is Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, specialising in world cinemas, digital media and cultural theory Cover image: tbc Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-0764-9 Barcode

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781474407649
• ISBN-10: 1474407641
• Artikelnr.: 43758551

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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