The ''Turning-Point” Films of the Late 1980s and 1990s as a Search for the Dominant in National and Cultural Identity
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-16-28
Abstract
This article presents a multidimensional study of the transformation processes in Russian cinema of 1987-1999, viewed through the lens of the emerging new models of national and cultural identity. Based on the key films of the era — “Assa” by S. Solovyov, “Little Vera” by V. Pichul, “Intergirl” by P. Todorovsky, “Burnt by the Sun by” N. Mikhalkov and “Brother” and “Brother-2” by A. Balabanov — the complicated dialectical process of the disintegration of Soviet identity and the establishing of new identification strategies is analyzed.
About the Author
V. V. Marusenkov
Russian State University of Cinematography n. a. S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK),
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav V. Marusenkov
Cand. Sci. (in Art History), Associate professor, Dean and professor of the Script Writing and Cinema Studies Department, VGIK.
3 Wilhelm Pieck Str., Moscow, 129226
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Marusenkov V.V. The ''Turning-Point” Films of the Late 1980s and 1990s as a Search for the Dominant in National and Cultural Identity. Vestnik VGIK. 2025;17(4(66)):16-28. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-66-4-16-28
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