The Era of Cinematic Language: Marlen Khutsiev/Киноязык эпохи: Марлен Хуциев

The Era of Cinematic Language: Marlen Khutsiev/Киноязык эпохи: Марлен Хуциев
Russia, 2023, 50′
in Russian w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles

Director, Scriptwriter, and Producer: Andrey Istratov
Cinematographer: Alexey Orlov
Editors: Andrey Istratov, Nikolai Istratov
Sound: Nikolai Istratov

This documentary film is made in light of the upcoming centenary of the classic of Soviet cinema, Marlen Khutsiev. The film talks about the life, work, and dreams of the master and focuses the viewer’s attention on Marlen Khutsiev’s unique film style – his cinematic language. And through cinematic language, the authors strive to show the personality of the director. Unlike most biographical films, the core of the plot is not the biography, but the search for and analysis of the formation of specific cinematic techniques and, as a result, the various ideas that are present in Khutsiev’s work.

Andrey Istratov

Born on October 20, 1965, in Novosibirsk, Russia, Andrey Istratov graduated from the Moscow Radio Mechanical College. In 1993, he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography as a film director.

Filmography
Boys Want to Serve in the Army (1987), Lullaby (feature, 1993), Gag – a recipe for laughter (2001-2003), Medal for Laughter (2002), Orders of a Bygone Country (2002), Baba Yaga of All-Union Significance (2003), Legends of Silent Cinema (2003-2004), Dream Factory (2004), Legends of World Cinema (2004-2015), Eugene Margolit’s Collection (2010-2015) Legends of Cinema (2016-2018), The Theory of Explosion (2018), The Story of One Universe (2019), Perfect Form: The Science of Fractals (2020), Earth. Top Point (2021), Space Flight: Mission to Mars (2021), Star Diaries: Chronicle of Overcoming (2021), CSDF: The Point of Reference (4 films, 2022), Film Director Yuli Veit: Tram to Another City (2022), Space Flight: The Attraction of Jupiter (2022), Space Flight: Towards the Sun (2022), The Era of Cinematic Language: Marlen Khutsiev (2023).