‘Tsars and Monsters’: Reflections on Soviet cinema during perestroika
‘Tsars and Monsters’: Reflections on Soviet cinema during perestroika
Author(s): Lars KarlSubject(s): Cultural history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Cold-War History, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Udruženje za društvenu istoriju
Keywords: Soviet Union; perestroika; cinema; censorship; communism; Cold War
Summary/Abstract: When the new general secretary of the CPSU, Mikhail Gorbachev, came to power in 1985, a political, social and economic change was introduced at all levels of the Soviet system. The new course known as perestroika, filmmakers began to explore previously forbidden themes, and distributors released films that were suppressed by pre-glasnost-era censors. Soviet cinema underwent a revolution, one that mirrors the crucial changes that took place within Soviet society between 1985 and 1991. This article represents an overall survey of the effects of this revolution on the work of Soviet filmmakers and their films – and might help to interpret the final collapse of the USSR from a different perspective.
Journal: Godišnjak za društvenu istoriju
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 7-21
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English