Ruptures and continuities in Soviet/Russian cinema : styles, characters and genres before and after the collapse of the USSR

"This book, based on extensive original research, examines how far the collapse of the Soviet Union represented a threshold that initiated change or whether there are continuities which gradually reshaped cinema in the new Russia. The book considers a wide range of films and film-makers and explores their attitudes to genre, character and aesthetic style. The individual chapters demonstrate that, whereas genres shifted and characters developed, stylistic choices remained largely unaffected. "--Provided by publisher "This book, based on extensive original research, examines how far the collapse of the Soviet Union represented a threshold that initiated change or whether there are continuities which gradually reshaped cinema in Russia. The book considers a wide range of films and filmmakers. It considers genres, characters and filmmakers' styles, and concludes that whereas genres and the industry, and characters, did change around 1991, filmmakers' styles continued largely unaffected."--Page 4 of cover. This book examines how far the collapse of the Soviet Union represented a threshold that initiated change and whether there are continuities which gradually reshaped cinema in the new Russia. It considers a range of films and film-makers and explores their attitudes to genre, character and aesthetic style.