The New Wave of Kazakhstan Cinema in the Post-Soviet Era (1983-1991)
Zhou Yan
Abstract:The post-Soviet cinema of the 1980s were the third artistic peak in the history of Soviet cinema. The New Wave of Kazakhstan cinema were the most representative esthetical artistic achievements during the period. Under the leadership of the master class of Russian expatriate instructors, the noir films, children's cinema and historical cinema in Kazakhstan's new wave restored the truth of the ethnic identity of Central Asia and the spiritual predicament with the "retrospective" element. The combination of Kazakhstan's ethnical cultural tradition with a creative artistic style enables the Kazakh New Wave to break through the stereotypes of Central Asian cinema. The films boldly explored the spiritual dilemma of some special and sensitive subjectivity of five Central Asian countries in the post-Soviet era. Although the Kazakhstan New Wave lost the power of "guiding others" while "deconstructing" myths and lasted only a pretty short time, it had made a profound impact on the cinema of the five Central Asian countries after their independence.
Key words:Kazakhstan; cinema; The New Wave; Soviet Union; Central Asia
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