Yevgeny Yufit (also known as Evgenii Iufit; 1961 – 13 December 2016) was a Russian
filmmaker
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, photographer and painter, born in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. He was a founding member of the
Soviet parallel cinema movement.
Yufit first became famous for his macabre short films, which, like the films of
Guy Maddin
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, often looked as though they had been made during the 1920s or 1930s. In the 1990s, Yufit began making features similar in style to his shorts, with plots often centered on
genetic experimentation and
pseudoscience
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. His most notable feature film is ''
Silver Heads'', made in 1998. He is often described as a
necrorealist.
Petergof
Petergof (russian: Петерго́ф), known as Petrodvorets () from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
The town hosts ...
.
Further reading
* Eaton, Thomas Dylan (2015),
LENIN WAS A MUSHROOM
', ''The White Review
''The White Review'' is a London-based magazine on literature and the visual arts. It is published in print and online.
History
''The White Review'' was founded by editors Benjamin Eastham and Jacques Testard, and released its first issue in p ...
'' 14, pp. 155–178.
References
External links
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1961 births
2016 deaths
Russian film directors
Mass media people from Saint Petersburg
Russian experimental filmmakers
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