popular russian cinema today blockbusters, epics, cartoons, and comedies
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POPULAR RUSSIAN
CINEMA TODAYBLOCKBUSTERS,
EPICS, CARTOONS, AND COMEDIES
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Blockbuster: Night Watch (2004)
Director Timur Bekmambetov (clipmaker)
Based on a popular fantasy novel (witches, vampires, etc.; forces of Good and Evil)
Big budget; “clips aesthetics.” International distribution,
recognition in Hollywood. Two sequels.
A tale about moral choices in corrupted times
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1612 (2007)
Director Vladimir Khotinenko, producer Nikita Mikhalkov
Genre: historical epic, fantasy and action Set in a time of civil disorder (no
legitimate tsar, Polish intervention, the Pretender).
Themes: united we win; love, loyalty and betrayal; fatal craving for power as opposed to heroic self-sacrifice.
Another controversial instance of patriotic propaganda
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FLASH ANIMATION: MASIANIA
Created by Oleg Kuvaev (b.1967) in 2001 First appeared in a TV program, then
moved to the Internet The character: female, about 25 years old,
lives in Saint-Petersburg. Careless, cynical, optimistic. Loves punk-rock (sex, drugs… you got it!)
Short humorous (satirical, absurd) episodes connected only by characters: Masiania, her boyfriend Hrundel (Хрюндель) and their pal Shaggy (Лохматый).
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Oleg Kuvaev and his wife
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Masiania and her boyfriend
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MASIANIA IN PERSON
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Fun-loving…
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Tough…
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Not well-organized…
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Time to work…
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…and time to relax…
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…occasionally even in a healthy way
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Takes work to pinpoint her!
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Masiania ’s Saint-Petersburg welcomes tourists
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PITER FM (2006)
Director: Oksana Bychkova (her debut) Genre: melodrama, comedy Love story of a boy (architect) and a girl
(radio dj) who don’t even meet. The central character – Saint-Petersburg itself.
Music, humour, feel-good atmosphere, and (supposedly) happy ending.
PiterFM1 PiterFM2 Piter FM3
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PITER FM (youth, love, music)
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“Angry Young Woman”Main topic: coming of age Documentaries,
musical clips, and TV-series (ex., 69-episode School)
Harsh and candid films about teenagers, especially girls.
Non-conventional mock-documentary style.
Everybody Dies But Me (2008; Caméra d'or Award at Cannes Film Festival).
Valeria Gai Germanika (b.1984)
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History Revisited: The Admiral (2008, dir. Andrei Kravchuk)
Based on real events and memoirs.
Love story against the horrors of history.
Strong characters; honour as the highest value.
Idealized pre-revolutionary Russia.
Flipping sides: former “villains” (the White Army) shown as heroes.
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Millennial Comedies
The Election Day (2007)
Political satire; non-conformist music; situational and verbal comedy
Kiss Them All! (2013)
Witty comedy, home-video style. The most profitable box office in Russian film history!
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Existential Drama
The Island (2006, dir. Pavel Lungin). Search for one’s self, repentance, Russian Orthodox Christian worldview.
The Major (2013, dir. Yuri Bykov; Nouveau Genre Award at L'Étrange Festival). A drama of tough moral choices in corrupt world; Russian Fargo.
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Dark Comedy and Social Drama
Cococo (2012, dir. Avdotia Smirnova): A love-hate friendship between a provincial girl and a museum curator: Russia’s split personality
Elena (2011, dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev; Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival): A tragic parable about the modern society.