Mirages of the Soviet. Essays on modern cinema

Anton Dolin is a film critic, editor -in -chief of the magazine “Cinema”, radio host, film facial film recreetizer “Evening Urgant”, author of the books “Lars von Trier. Control work ”,“ Jim Jarmush. Poems and music ”,“ shades of Russian. Essays on domestic cinema.
Modern cinema seems to be enchanted by the Soviet world. The new book of Anton Dolina contains thoughts on films shot in the 21st century, but somehow talking about the past era. The author does not answer questions, but asks his own: why are the directors still concern the topics of war, thaw, stagnation, dissident, Stalinist repressions, space conquests, sports victories from the time of the USSR and secret crimes of the authorities before the people? What is the “Soviet Mirages”, the charm of imperial aesthetics? The desire to understand history or an attempt to break the connection with the recent past?
“There is no end and result of the process that the power of cinema makes again visible and meaningful. Turning a lie into truth, the production is into a document, as well as the mirage future and the past - into the present living here and now.
Anton Dolin