Perestroika movies?

[Donna Seifer]

Viewer beware of Cargo 200!
It is as black and sadistic as chernukha gets.
Donna Seifer


On 7/19/09 1:44 PM, "Boele, O.F." <O.F.Boele at HUM.LEIDENUNIV.NL> wrote:

> 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
> Verzonden: zo 19-7-2009 6:08
> Aan: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Onderwerp: Re: [SEELANGS] Perestroika movies?
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> 
> 
> Thanks! I found it with English subtitles at russiandvd.com.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Volha Isakava
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:54 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Perestroika movies?
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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?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Sasha Senderovich
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:12 PM
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Perestroika movies?
>> 
>> ???????????? ???????????????? ????
>> ????????????
>> ???? ? ?????
>> 
>> ... to name just a few off the top of my head.
>> 
>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Laura Kline <klinela at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> Does anyone know of Russian movies which treat the perestroika theme?
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>> Laura Kline
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