renegotiation with state power. Its
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Foreword
Stephen M. Norris
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Translations
Cinemasaurus: Introduction
Nancy Condee, Alexander Prokhorov, and Elena Prokhorova
Part One. Borders of Imperial Desire
Framing Essay
Nancy Condee
1. Imperial Fatigue: Somnambulants, Ghosts, and Monsters
Olga Kim
2. Empire Reloaded: Sacred Power in a Postmodern Era
Justin Wilmes
3. Russia's Quiet Other: Dmitrii Mamuliia's Another Sky and Aleksandr Kott's The Test
Ellina Sattarova
Part Two. Hilarity and Horror
Framing Essay
Alexander Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova
4. Laughing Apocalypse: Horror and/as Comedy
Daria Ezerova
5. Eccentricity, Theatricality, and the Grotesque
Robert Crane
6. Privatized Violence in the New Russian Cinema
Denis Saltykov
Part Three. Evropsk or Russia?
Framing Essay
Seth Graham
7. Fragments of Empire: The Heartland in Post-Soviet Film
Zhanna Budenkova
8. Russia on the Margins?
Tetyana Shlikhar
8. Contending Alterities: Drag Show, Roma Camp . . .
Trevor Wilson
Part Four. The Ideological Occult
Framing Essay
Petre Petrov
9. Past, Present, and Posthumous Fathers: Cinepaternity Reloaded
Theodora Trimble
10. New Auteurism: The Case of Mikhalkov and Bekmambetov
Olga Mukhortova
11. Elki: The Most Profitable Franchise of the Putin Era
Beach Gray
Part Five. Interviews
12. The Mediascape: Alexander Rodnyansky (CEO, AR Films, Non-Stop Production)
13. The Festival: Sitora Alieva (Program Director, Kinotavr)
14. The Exhibition Space: Paul Heth (CEO, Rising Star Media; Karo Film Holding)
15. The Film Journal: Birgit Beumers (KinoKultura, UK)
16. The Film Symposium: Vladimir Padunov (Russian Film Symposium, US)
Kino-Grafik
Notes on the Contributors
Works Cited
Index
About the author
Nancy Condee is Director of University of Pittsburgh¿s Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Center, a Title VI Center.
Alexander Prokhorov teaches at Russian and Film Studies Programs at the College of William & Mary.
Elena Prokhorova teaches at Russian and Film Studies Programs at the College of William & Mary.
Summary
Examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse. Focusing on debates and films exhibited at Russian and US public festivals where the films have premiered, the volume's contributors examine issues in Russia's transition.
