Cinemasaurus

<p><b><em>Cinemasaurus </em>examines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse. </b></p><p> 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: </p><p></p><ul><li>Its imperial legacy </li><li>The emergence of a film market and its new genres </li><li>Russia’s uneven integration into European values and hierarchies </li><li>The renegotiation of state power <em>vis-àagrave;-vis</em> arthouse and independent cinemas. </li></ul> 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.<p></p>