Russia on Reels The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema

This is the first book to deal exclusively with Russian cinema of the 1990s. It introduces readers to the currents and common interests of contemporary Russian cinema, offers close studies of the work of filmmakers like Sokurov, Muratova and Astrakhan, reviews the Russian film industry in a period of massive economic transformation, and assesses cinema's function as a definer of Russia's new identity.Beumers, Birgit is the author of 'Russia on Reels The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema', published 1999 under ISBN 9781860643903 and ISBN 1860643906.