1. A short “response papers” ? between 500 (minimum) and 1000 (maximum) words
An analysis of some aspect of a Russian/Soviet-post-Soviet film (from the list or off the list): narrative, formal and technical aspects, characters, ideological content, people involved into production etc. Films to be chosen by students (but please check with the professor if you choose off the list). No research other than finding films off the list required.
FILMS
?All soviet movies on RVISION? (in fact, some early movies, 1920-1930s and few more): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTKpdDNg-FgqRDg7TbIOgoQ
https://uottawa.kanopy.com
These are the films we will study in depth:
Sergei Eisenstein, Battleship Potemkin, 1925
Grigori Alexandrov, Circus, 1936
Sergei Eisenstein, Ivan the Terrible, 1945-46.
Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris, 1972.
Pavel Lungin, Taxi-blus, 1990.
Aleksei Balabanov, Brother, 1997.
Aleksandr Sokurov, The Russian Ark, 2002.
Andrei Zviagintsev, Elena, 2011
Suggested resources
CrashCourse. (2017, June 1). Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8 [Video]. YouTube.
Wikipedia can be the reference
Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris,1972. MRT Video – MRT 1st floor FT GE 1972 S659 FE FA 2002 S653

