Cinemasaurus examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual
economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse. Focusing
on debates and films exhibited at Russian and US public festivals where
the films have premiered, the volume's contributors--the new generation
of US scholars studying Russian cinema--examine four issues of Russia's
transition: (1) its imperial legacy, (2) the emergence of a film market
and its new genres, (3) Russia's uneven integration into European values
and hierarchies, (4) the renegotiation of state power vis-à-vis
arthouse and independent cinemas. An introductory essay frames each of
the four sections, with 90 films total under discussion, concluding with
a historical timeline and five interviews of key film-industry figures
formative of the historical context.