Gleb Aleynikov
Gleb Aleynikov and his brother Igor entered the history of cinema as the creator of "parallel cinema", underground films shot on narrow film, such as "Tractors" (1987), "I'm Cold, so what?" (1987), "Cruel Illness of Men" (1987), "Post-Political Cinema" (1988). The Aleynikov brothers began working in the official cinema system in the late 1980s. Having shot the short film "Someone Was Here" (1989) and the feature film "Tractor Drivers 2" (1992) on the basis of the Mosfilm film studio, they at the same time continued to work in parallel independent cinema ("Ameriga", 1990-97).
Tractor Drivers 2 (1992)
The remake of the original 1939 "Tractor Drivers"... Same heroes, but totally different times. (more)
The remake of the original 1939 "Tractor Drivers"... Same heroes, but totally different times. (more)
The Goddess: How I Fell in Love (2004)
Young police detective Faina tries to experiment with herself in order to meet her dead love. (more)
Young police detective Faina tries to experiment with herself in order to meet her dead love. (more)
The Offshore Reserves
(2004)
The head of the American humanitarian organization has a serious problem. She is "narcotic" dependent on American dollars. The psychoanalyst advises her to leave the States. Hannah arrives in Moscow. And he heads the humanitarian fund. Her foundation imports ... (more)
The head of the American humanitarian organization has a serious problem. She is "narcotic" dependent on American dollars. The psychoanalyst advises her to leave the States. Hannah arrives in Moscow. And he heads the humanitarian fund. Her foundation imports ... (more)
You I Love (2004)
Vera and Tim are successful young professionals. Everything changes one night when Tim hits a young Kalmyk immigrant to Moscow, Uloomji, with his car. The two men begin a affair while Vera struggles to comprehend their bond and her boyfriend's erratic behavior. She ... (more)
Vera and Tim are successful young professionals. Everything changes one night when Tim hits a young Kalmyk immigrant to Moscow, Uloomji, with his car. The two men begin a affair while Vera struggles to comprehend their bond and her boyfriend's erratic behavior. She ... (more)
I'm Cold. So What? (1987)
The piece presents a series of bizarre tableaux, many involving cinematic voyeurism, blurring of the living-dead borderline and a healthy amount of stabbing, of oneself and of others. A catatonic fellow gets costumed as a ghoul; a literal tree-hugger, ecstatic in ... (more)
The piece presents a series of bizarre tableaux, many involving cinematic voyeurism, blurring of the living-dead borderline and a healthy amount of stabbing, of oneself and of others. A catatonic fellow gets costumed as a ghoul; a literal tree-hugger, ecstatic in ... (more)
Cruel Illness of Men (1989)
Under a score of abbreviated drones and freeform woodwinds, the Aleinikov brothers cut together a series of images, found and made, that look unfailingly bleak, industrial or both bleak and industrial: disused factories, clunky utilitarian machinery, strings of ... (more)
Under a score of abbreviated drones and freeform woodwinds, the Aleinikov brothers cut together a series of images, found and made, that look unfailingly bleak, industrial or both bleak and industrial: disused factories, clunky utilitarian machinery, strings of ... (more)
Ivan the Fool (2002)
A science fiction take on the classic folk character Ivan the fool/idiot. (more)
A science fiction take on the classic folk character Ivan the fool/idiot. (more)
Revolutionary Sketches (1987)
I know these were glasnost days, but still, I'm a little surprised filmmakers were out there doing stuff like this. There's nothing overtly anti-communist in this piece, but it ain't what you'd call respectful, 'neither. The brothers Aleinikov lay turgid ... (more)
I know these were glasnost days, but still, I'm a little surprised filmmakers were out there doing stuff like this. There's nothing overtly anti-communist in this piece, but it ain't what you'd call respectful, 'neither. The brothers Aleinikov lay turgid ... (more)
Zenboxing (1998)
How to defeat a warrior who has not yet been born, if you have already died? Trendy style, paradoxical language, paranormal phenomena, ancient China, black humor, the Internet, love, kickboxing fights - the real magic of ZENBOXING. (more)
How to defeat a warrior who has not yet been born, if you have already died? Trendy style, paradoxical language, paranormal phenomena, ancient China, black humor, the Internet, love, kickboxing fights - the real magic of ZENBOXING. (more)
Tractors (1987)
One of the most impressive symbols of a happy Soviet life, peaceful labour and rich harvest. Being mystified to the highest degree, the film acquires traits of a mystical animal, a human being and just a machine. (more)
One of the most impressive symbols of a happy Soviet life, peaceful labour and rich harvest. Being mystified to the highest degree, the film acquires traits of a mystical animal, a human being and just a machine. (more)
Metastasis (1984)
Found footage and found sound. Badly solarized training films, documentary fragments, speeches of USSR party leaders and rock 'n' roll form a horrifying picture of media pressure. (more)
Found footage and found sound. Badly solarized training films, documentary fragments, speeches of USSR party leaders and rock 'n' roll form a horrifying picture of media pressure. (more)
A rare Aleynikov brothers film from 1990. (more)
Somebody Was Here... (1990)
A man looks for his friend, but finds himself instead... (more)
A man looks for his friend, but finds himself instead... (more)
М. Е. (1986)
The waste of the toy factory "Ogonyok", clumps of multicolored thermally deformed plastic, turn into a new biological species, then into a new direction of modern art, then into an isolated language of a native tribe discovered by linguists in the jungle, where ... (more)
The waste of the toy factory "Ogonyok", clumps of multicolored thermally deformed plastic, turn into a new biological species, then into a new direction of modern art, then into an isolated language of a native tribe discovered by linguists in the jungle, where ... (more)
Post-Political Cinema (1988)
Waiting for de Bil (1989)
Typist (1989)