Perestroika movies?

[Boele, O.F.]

Dear Seelangers, 
 
Since I'm preparing a course on the Russian historical film after 1991, I'm enjoying this discussion very much. Thanks for the suggestions so far. Here is my two pence.
 
"Magnitnye buri" by Vadim Abdrashitov (2003). Politics is not really an issue, nor does the film revel in period detail, but the story is set against the social turmoil of the very last years of the Soviet-Union (with workers trying to come to terms with the fact that their factory is going "khozrasshet"). I ordered the film through the internet in Russia and it was pricy, but it did come with English subtitles.
 
Other people have suggested Balabanov's "Zhmurki". I have only seen a few stills featuring Nikita Mikhalkov in what can only be described as a "malinovyi pidzhak", which suggests that the film is set in the 1990s, rather than in the 1980s. Perhaps "Cargo 200" (2007) is a better option (it is certainly a better film). Technically speaking, the story predates the Perestroika (1984), but it contains many allusions to the impending changes (including historical footage of a stammering Chernenko flanked by Gorbachev).
 
Finally, Vladimir Men'shov's "Zavist' bogov" (2001) is worthwhile considering. It is set against the background of the downing of the Korean airliner in 1983, so again this is not about the Perestroika, but rather about a new height in the Cold War. However, as with Cargo 200, you can only watch this film knowing "how it all ended" and Men'shov is very much playing with the viewer's surplus of knowledge. I ordered it through Amazon (with English subtitles).
 
Otto Boele
University of Leiden
 
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Van: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list namens Laura Kline
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Thanks! I found it with English subtitles at russiandvd.com.

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Zhmurki - a black comedy by Aleksei Balabanov, from 2005, was not 
released outside Russia to my knowledge.
Volha Isakava



On 18-Jul-09, at 5:30 PM, Laura Kline wrote:

> Thank you! But are there any which take a historical perspective? 
> Not so
> much movies made at that time, but which examine what happened?
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> ... to name just a few off the top of my head.
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> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Laura Kline <klinela at comcast.net> 
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>> Dear All,
>> Does anyone know of Russian movies which treat the perestroika theme?
>> Thank you in advance!
>> Laura Kline
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