The unknown cinema: documentary screen, glasnost era
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The glasnost era has freed Soviet cinema from state suppression and exposed audiences to what has come to be known as the unknown cinema. Soviet documentary films used to focus only on the positive side of society. Now they show the social realities audiences had experienced, but had been barred from seeing portrayed on film. The film 'Kond' deals with the slums of Moscow, while 'The Coumshagal Story' takes place in the dilapidated settlements of oil-and-gas-workers. This new trend toward realism urges Soviet society to improve itself by exposing its deplorable conditions.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1992
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Reconstructing Vertov: Soviet film theory and American radical documentary
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The experimental documentaries of Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov encouraged American documentary filmmakers to become more radical in the style and substance of their films. Vertov's more subjective approach influenced his followers to turn away from the usual objective treatment of subjects. Vertov believed the camera became a tool for closely analyzing the world rather than a passive recorder of events. Ultimately, his works strove to involve the audience by making them connect scattered film images into a conceptual whole.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1992
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At the crossroads
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Soviet documentary films made during glasnost (1986-89) pay more attention to subject matter than to artistry. Still, many of these documentaries manage to present socially relevant themes in a sufficiently artistic way. Filmmakers, however, need more confidence and a better understanding of their individuality. They should express their ideas with a constant effort toward originality.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1992
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