INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURAL RESEARCH

This article addresses the phenomenon of the "decadence aesthetics" in Russian Pre-Revolutionary and Post-Soviet film, from 1910th to Post-Modernity. The visual aspects of the film type are discussed within a brief outline of the history of the "decadent trend".

Kirillova examines the aesthetics of image structure, a strategy which comprises the entire formation in films of that time. Kirillova affirms that the sense of "la belle epoque", spiritual-sensory content, and the modeling of relationships inside the culture are primary in regard to the form’s reconstruction.

Part of the film Mr. Decorator by Oleg Teptsov (1988). Platon Andreevich — Viktor Avilov, Anna\Maria — Anna Demjanenko

Part of the film A Model by Tatjana Voronetskaja (2007) Sofja — Viktorija Tolstoganova, Ehshenbach — Daniil Spivakovskij

Part of the film Mournful heartlessness by Alexander Sokurov (1986) Gesiona — Tatjana Egorova, Ellie — Viktoria Amitova