Almost all the former Soviet countries faced the economic shock therapy after the fall of the Soviet Union. It meant the removal of state subsidies, abolition of public goods, and the privatization…
Tag: Soviet Cinema
In a lot of ways, silent cinema was an accomplished art. While the German expressionist school of film-making in the 1920s enhanced the content of the image through lighting and sets, the…
“It never ceases to amaze me how interesting everyday life really is. There are an endless number of human truths.” This statement from Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich [1], who is known for…
Soviet Russia film-maker Elem Klimov is best known for his sixth feature-film Come and See (1985), a singularly disturbing drama on the Nazi atrocities. In fact, the name Elem Klimov brings to…
The Khrushchev Thaw represents the period in Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin (March 1953) that allowed for considerable cultural and political liberalization. In February 25, 1956, Khrushchev delivered a…
Science fiction movies are rarely about science. In fact, the ostentatious CGI-dependent, invasion-centered storylines we are repeatedly subjected to strictly restricts the sci-fi genre. A lot of sci-fi features exist completely outside…
