Andrey Kuklin
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Biography
Andrei Kuklin was born in 1968 in Leningrad. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of film engineers (now St. Petersburg State University of film and television) in 1990. While still a student he began to shoot on the basis of the film Studio "LIKI-film" his first picture "Courant". Professional photographer, independent film Director. He served as a micro-photographer at the geological exploration Institute (VNIGRI), engaged in other types of photography. Then he worked as a carpenter in a construction company and in theatrical workshops.
Known For
A film about peace, love and war. Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia. The film takes place at the end of the summer of 1917, when Russia and the whole world were at a crossroads between two eras. None of the people could even imagine how much his life would change in the very near future. In a strange way, the atmosphere of the film echoes our current reality and what is happening in Russia today. According to the form of visualization, the film belongs to experimental mockumentary cinema. To give greater authenticity to what is happening on the screen, the shooting was carried out on black-and-white negatives of 16 and 35 mm, hand-operated cameras were used and the material was developed in manual spiral tanks. The documentary chronicle of the Kolchak army of 1919 and the White army in the Far East of 1922 is embedded in the finale of the film.
Dreams of the Past
The film is an allegory in which the attempt is made to show the inner process of movement of the composer's soul at the time of the birth of music.
The Birth of Music
A film about the early chamber music ensemble "Kurant." Based on filming from 1986-1988. A concert featuring the ensemble was filmed in Leningrad, at the S. P. von Derviz mansion at 33 Galernaya Street, (then the Mayak club of the Admiralty Plant, 33 Krasnaya Street). Part of the filming took place inside the Rotunda at 57 Gorokhovaya Street. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Rotunda regularly hosted informal gatherings of Leningrad youth. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Rotunda gained fame as a cult venue, attracting representatives of various subcultures—rockers, hippies, and punks.
Kuranta
Romantic fantasy based on "two songs" Marina Tsvetaeva riddled melancholy fleeting meetings and partings long -. A favorite theme times late Silver Age, which came at the beginning of the Great War.
Tango a Nightingale
This Petersburg you will not see on the covers of glossy magazines and advertising brochures. This city is ghosted and brutal, and it is inhabited by very different, often very gloomy people.
Stairway to Heaven
This is an observation of the life of the orthodox rock band "The Vagrant Orchestra" (group leader Dmitry Pantin) and reflection on the possibility of the path of confession and preaching chosen by the musicians.