The Island of the Dead is a film about the demise of the Russian Epocha Modern. The symbol of this culture was the legendary Russian film star Vera Kholodnaya, who evoked a poetic image of the young urban woman on the silver screen. Her death in 1919, shrouded in tragedy and mystery, put a symbolic end to the pre-Revolutionary period. The Island of the Dead is composed of fragments from numerous films from this period, juxtaposed with other contemporary artistic expressions such as music and painting. Kovalov shows convincingly how the fragile beauty of the Russian Epocha Modern had to make way for the pressure of Futurism, Constructivism and other 'progressive trends', and how these '-isms' were then also relegated to the melting pot to be remoulded by totalitarian norms.
Island of the Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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Island of the Dead was released in 1993 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 10 reviews, giving Island of the Dead (1993) an average rating of 48%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 38%. Professional critics were more impressed with Island of the Dead than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 48%, Island of the Dead is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1993, which stands at 58%.
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