Kino Perestroika
Tonight's programme looks at the Soviet cinema since perestroika and examines the work of some of its most important film directors who are working again after years of enforced silence.
'I can give you the formula for a typical perestroika movie,' says film critic
Andrei Dementiev , 'A naked woman smoking marijuana, looking at a portrait of Stalin, pronouncing a four-letter word.' Through film clips and interviews, Arena discusses the work and problems of directors Rustam Khamdamov ,
Kira Muratova and Sergei Paradzhanov , and one of the first westerners to work on a Russian production, French film star Jeanne Moreau.
Will they be able to sell their concept to a population brought up on undemanding mass cinema?
Director Peter Adam
Series editors Anthony Wall and Nigel Finch