Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture: Moving Images of Postcommunism

A post-communist condition has arisen from the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the Soviet Empire, and this book looks at how this condition has manifested itself globally on the production of post-communist film. Seeking to describe how post-communism is a shared experience on a geopolitical level and not limited by the borders of national states, it examines post-communist cross culturalism and global totalitarianism within film. Chapters focus on a wide range of films in relation to the post-communist era, from small and independent filmmaking to mainstream, popular cinema, and explains post-communist signifiers as manifested in visual culture both inside and outside former, and current, communist countries.

Lars Kristensen is a Research Assistant at the School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, UK.