Our Strange Cinema

This book is about the strangest films of Soviet and Russian cinema—from “Aerograd” to “Going Up,” from “The Fine Print” to “Unloved,” from “Prisoner of the Caucasus” to “The Defenders.”

You’ll learn what “buratiniology” is, what the secret mystical meaning of “The Holidays of Petrov and Vasetchkin” is, and why “The Smallest Gnome” is a deep psychological thriller.

Each of the three authors wrote their own part in their personal style. Elena Vasilyeva is bold and audacious; Yevgeny Vasilyev is profound and philosophical; Denis Anurov is with humor and irony.