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In Chiorny Kvadrat, lossif Pasternak shows himself to be a documentary filmmaker of great originality and ambition. The film is important because of its wealth of interview material. Chiorny Kvadrat concerns the fates of the non-conformist artists of the 1960s-1980s Pasternak records the eloquent testimony of the artists still living in the Soviet Union, as well as of others now emigrated, itself a remarkable breakthrough. It also provides an unprecedented visual record of the works themselves: Bulatov and Bruskin, Kabakov and lankilevskii, Sidur, Neizvestnyi and many others. But, as the title's allusion to Malevich implies, Chiorny Kvadrat also contains an historical dimension. By the incorporation of archival footage of the Stalin and Krushchev periods, and through its commentary, the film addresses the crucial question of the relationships between art and politics in the Soviet Union. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
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Nikita Khrushchev (a.f.)
Russian Empire
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