Soviet Parallel Cinema

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Editors
Our special issue on the 1980s underground art movement explores its aesthetic tenets.

Guest edited by Isabel Jacobs

Editorial

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Isabel Jacobs

Iconoclasm in Igor and Gleb Aleynikov’s The Revolutionary Sketch (Revolutsionii Etiud, 1987)

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Oliver Banatvala
Oliver Banatvala addresses the iconoclastic tendencies of this short cinematic collage.

Discovering Evgeny Yufit’s Late Photography (2013-14)

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Anzhelika Artyukh
Anzhelika Artyukh presents the late photography of Evgeny Yufit on the occasion of our special issue on Parallel Cinema.

Interview with Boris Yukhananov

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Magdalena Shterianova
A key figure of the 1980s underground film movement in the Soviet Union explains his artistic approach.

Evgeny Yufit & Contemporary Parallel Cinema

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by pantanosumpf
As part of our special issue on Parallel cinema, we are publishing a selection of contemporary works from Buenos Aires inspired by the 1980s Soviet movement.

Boris Yukhananov’s video-novel The Mad Prince (Sumashedshiy Prints, 1986-)

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Gordei Petrik
In the 1980s, Boris Yukhananov launched a series of VHS films that introduces his concept of "fatal editing".

Igor and Gleb Aleynikov’s The Cruel Illness of Men (Zhestokaia bolezn’ muzhchin, 1987)

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Emily Nill
Emily Nill emphasizes the critical potential of the Aleynikovs' engagement with the avant-garde.

Igor and Gleb Aleynikov’s Tractor Drivers 2 (Traktoristy 2, 1992)

Vol. 109 (November 2020) by Gordei Petrik
Gordei Petrik returns to one of only two films of Parallel Cinema to be produced at the central Soviet studios.