At the beginning of this year the film Attraction started showing in Russian cinemas. One of Russia’s first science fiction films which can be compared, regarding the budget and technology, to Hollywood blockbusters. In Soviet cinematography the genre of science fiction has always been popular. Kin-dza-dza![1] and Solaris[2] are two films that can be put side to side with western Hollywood films of that genre in the twentieth century. We can freely say that Attraction, in some ...
... giving approval to use the armed forces in the filming of blockbusters. What role does the Russian government play in our film industry?
I can’t give the exact number right now, but the Russian government allocates a sufficient sum of money for cinematography and for the art in general. Unfortunately the money is used either unprofessionally or improperly. There has been no tangible benefit from this money at the moment. Also the question still remains about competitions when such great directors ...
The 21st century is the century of cinema
Cinematography is a relatively new art which, actually, is only in its early life. That said, 116 years that have elapsed since the first cinema show on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris included numerous both evolutionary and revolutionary moments ...
