Russian Retrospective in 08
October 7th 2008 16:33
RETROSPECTIVE 1: The works of Karen Shakhnazarov
The first Retrospective will explore the work of one of the masters of modern Russian filmmaking, Karen Shakhnazarov, whose career has spanned 25 years and continues to this date.
This retrospective will be one of the most in-depth collections of any director's works to be screened at a foreign language film festival anywhere in the world. Such a Retrospective will illustrate a historical sketch that starts with some of the more popular Soviet films made in the early and late 80's through the state backed Soviet film industry, and then follows the director through the social, political and life upheavals of Perestroika in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Shakhnazarov's career rode the waves to continue to produce ground breaking and highly popular films into the period known as Post-Soviet cinema in the 90's, and has gone from
strength to strength to create relevant and powerful Russian cinema to the present day.
Shakhnazarov is a leading Russian Filmmaker with a true sense of modernity. His ability to effectively punctuate significant moments is paralleled only by his capacity to entertain, enabling his audience to
forums, making Shakhnazarov one of the most commercially successful directors in Russia.
RETROSPECTIVE 2 - Russian Fantasia
Russian Fantasia is the subject for the second Russian Resurrection Film Festival Retrospective, focusing on classic soviet fantasy and science fiction films. Heading the line-up is one of the all time great fantastical cult classics Amphibian Man (1962), directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. A virtually unclassifiable nautical reverie, Amphibian Man combines seafaring adventure, romance, monstrous
fantasy, water choreography and tragedy into a strange, beguiling dream of a film.
This is strangely complimented by the second film featured, the multi-award winning and internationally acclaimed, devastating post nuclear holocaust thriller Letters from a Deadman (1986) directed by Konstantin Lopushansky. Amid the surface devastation, a survivor of the bomb blast finds a group of children who have been struck catatonically
mute by the holocaust. Though the city has been placed under rigid militia rule, he attempts to take them away to a place of safety.
The amazing and highly diverse collection of award winning and
internationally acclaimed films Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov to be
showcased at the Festival include:
* We Are Jazz Men (1983) - musical comedy
* Courier (1987) - coming of age comedy
* Zero City (1988) - black comedy
* The Assassin of the Tsar (1993) - political historical drama
* American Daughter (1995) - family adventure
* Day of the Full Moon (1998) - short vignettes, fantasy
* Rider Named Death (2004) - political historical thriller
As an extra bonus treat, his latest film, The Vanished Empire (2008), will be screening as a true highlight of the Festival. It reveals a heartfelt and fascinating study of student life in the 1970's through the last years of the Soviet Union. As the culmination of his work to
date, The Vanished Empire will represent the jewel in the crown of this extremely stimulating expose of one of Russia's most celebrated Directors.
2008 Russian Resurrection Film Festival National Tour dates:
Melbourne Palace Cinema Como 29October - 5 November
Canberra Greater Union Manuka 30 October - 3 November
Sydney Chauvel Cinema 31 October - 10 November
Brisbane Palace Centro Cinema 6 - 12 November
Perth Cinema Paradiso 13 - 19 November
Adelaide Palace Nova Eastend 14 - 19 November
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source: Press release
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