The End of St. Petersburg, or New Icarus
MovieTitle | Конец Санкт-Петербурга или Новый Икар |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1992 |
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Director | Edward Shelganov |
Production country | Soviet Union |
Run time | 6 min. |
1992, the time of the Perestroika. Inspired by Vsevolod Pudovkin’s “The End of St. Petersburg” (1927), the artist chooses the Greek mythological figure of Icarus as a person falling apart from the diversity of temptations and creates a romantic performance-self-portrait.