Research ArticleOpen AccessGoogle Scholar indexed
The Path of Soviet Cinema to Great Changes and Freedom from the Period of “Stagnation” to “Perestroika”
Russian State University of Cinema (VGIK), Moscow, Russia
- 1 Russian State University of Cinema (VGIK), Moscow, Russia
Advances in Applied Sociology·Volume 12 (2022)·Pages 75–83·Published 19 April 2022·DOI10.4236/aasoci.2022.124007
Copy link · social · email
Abstract
The transitional period in Soviet cinematography coincides with the historical period called “perestroika”. Children become heroes of the “stagnation” period. However, they are different from the “archetype of the young hero” that is shown in the student films of Tarkovsky and Konchalovsky. The main themes of the movies are the problems of the youth. The filmmakers analyze such themes as education, conflict between a child and adult, and common mistakes of different generations. They treat these problems as a result of a static state of society. The youth become a powerful force that revives the concepts of “change” and “ freedom”.
KeywordsPerestroikaStagnationYoung HeroFreedomSoviet CinemaChildrenAdult SocietyChanges
- Grigorieva, O. V. (2007). The Image of a Teacher in the Soviet Cinema: From the Thaw Period to “Big Change”. In E. R. Yarskoy-Smirnova, P. V. Romanov, & V. L. Krutkina (Eds.), Visual Anthropology: New Views on Social Reality (p. 239), Science Book.
- Sadul, J. (1963). General History of Cinema. In S. Yutkevich (ed.), Cinema during the War 1939-1945 (Vol. 6, p. 461). Art.
- Troyanovsky, V. T., & Roskomkino (1996). Cinematography of the Thaw (1st ed., p. 262). Materik.
- Zaitseva, I. A. (2016). The Mythologeme of “Happy Childhood” in the Soviet Cinema of 1920-1980: The Value Aspect. Sociosphere.
- Zaitseva, L. A. (2017). A Cinematographic Image of the Thaw Time (60 - 80s): Monograph (p. 344). Nestor-History.
- Zorkaya, N. M. (2014). History of Russian Cinema (p. 511). White City.