The Russian Idea
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sergei Selyanov
Alexei Petrenko
Natalia Jakovleva
Oleg Kovalov
Kirill Kuzmin
Bob Last
Film Details
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Synopsis
Recounting one of the world's greatest cinematic cannons: the polemical nature of Russian filmmaking as it applies to the history of Soviet helming.
Director
Sergei Selyanov
Crew
Film Details
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Released in United States 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Cinema: 100+1) August 29 - September 9, 1996.
"The Century of Cinema" is a series of personal documentaries commissioned by the BFI to celebrate the centenary of film. For this series, some of the world's leading filmmakers were invited to provide individual interpretations of the history and development of cinema in their countries. The result is a fascinating look at highly disparate national cinemas and 100 years of film around the globe.
The participating filmmakers include: Martin Scorsese & Michael Henry Wilson (USA), George Miller (Australia), Stephen Frears & Mike Dibb (England), Shu Kei (China), Anne-Marie Mieville & Jean-Luc Godard (France), Edgar Reitz (Germany), Mrinal Sen (India), Donald Taylor Black (Ireland), Bernardo Bertolucci & Enrico Ghezze (Italy), Nagisa Oshima (Japan), Jang Sun-woo (Korea), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Latin America), Sam Neill & Julie Rymer (New Zealand).
The participating filmmakers include: Mohamed Tazi (North Africa), Pavel Lozinski (Poland), Jean Pierre Bekolo (Sub-Saharan Africa) and others.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Cinema: 100+1) August 29 - September 9, 1996.)
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown in New York City (MoMA) as part of series "The Century of Cinema" June 7 & 11, 1996.)
