FYSP 113: Recent Russian Cinema

So, I have a blog, but I can’t figure out how to link it up to this one.

Whether you submit electronically or with paper, please include both drafts, so I can see the development of your thinking.

Our final film of the nineties comes from director Valerii Todorovskii.  Land of the Deaf study sheet can be found here:Study Sheet

Brat was definitely different from the other two movies we’ve seen.  While there was still a prevalent political and moral connotation, it was more of an action movie than the others, which were more of dramas.  Danila’s impulsiveness was different from his brother’s well thought out plans.  He jumps between his relationships with other such as Hoffman, Sveta, or the girl from the record store.  The only two relationships that Danila seems to be completely stable with are his relationship with his brother and his love of the band Nautilus.  Danila’s still a teenager who enjoys going to rock concerts and behaving impulsively.  However, at the end of the movie, Danila seems to change and gives a fair amount of money to the girl from the record store and continues on with his life.  He seems not to look back, but not look too much into the future.

For some reason the library has this listed by the Russian title, Brat.   Here’s the brother-study-sheetfysp.doc

Please make sure to double space your review. Please send them to Julia Chavin by 5:00 on Friday.

History in Recent FIlm  Here’s the Gillespie article.

Some advice about structuring a review. Guidelines

And some thoughts on style. Writing Advice

Thief Study Sheet You can always blog about one of the questions on the enclosed study sheet.

For your viewing pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/v/nAh5mfkuAXk

Here we will share our impressions of the films we are studying and discuss reading assignments.  You are expected to blog on the weekend about the latest screening and to  comment on postings of other classmates as well. The blog will also serve as a resource for articles you find on the topics we are covering.  Your first assignment will be to blog this weekend about a potential topic for your first film review.