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Black square : Chornyĭ kvadrat /

First work (60 min): Tells the story of Russia's artistic avant-garde from the 1950's to the 1970's. A cinematic appreciation of works only recently allowed to be exhibited and of the artists that created them. 2nd work (33 min.): A bacchanal of rock-jazz music erupts in an abandoned...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chornyĭ kvadrat (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: T︠S︡entralʹnai︠a︡ studii︠a︡ dokumentalʹnykh filʹmov (Moscow, Russia), Leningradskai︠a︡ studii︠a︡ dokumentalʹnykh filʹmov, Video Project, Citizen Exchange Council (N.Y.), American-Soviet Film Initiative (Moscow)
Other Authors: Pasternak, Iosif, Obukhovich, Nikolaĭ
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Russian
Language Notes:In Russian with English subtitles.
Series:Glasnost film festival ; video 7.
Subjects:
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, > 1878-1935. > Black Square.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Arts > Soviet Union.
Artists > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Civilization > 1917-
Glasnost.
Music > Soviet Union.
Improvisation (Music)
Dissident art > Soviet Union.
Documentary films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Foreign films.
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Summary:First work (60 min): Tells the story of Russia's artistic avant-garde from the 1950's to the 1970's. A cinematic appreciation of works only recently allowed to be exhibited and of the artists that created them. 2nd work (33 min.): A bacchanal of rock-jazz music erupts in an abandoned Leningrad palace. Collective singing, dancing, and playing makes this group of people a community and an ensemble, not just a crowd.
Item Description:"A project of Citizen Exchange Council (New York) in association with the American-Soviet Film Initiative (Moscow)."
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1988 and 1986, respectively.
"Part of a 12 videotape collection representing the first Soviet documentaries released during the 'glasnost era.'"
Running times on container: 56 min, 25 sec. and 29 min.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (93 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:First work: Photography, Vladimir Golovnya ; music, Alfred Schnitke, M. Berezovsky, V. Tarasov. 2nd work: photography, D. Mass ; music, Sergei Kurekhin's Popular Mechanics, Vladimir Chekasin Quartet.