Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Father 15
7. Childhood 18
8. Our House 22
9. Bolshevo 28
10. Those Times 32
11. I Will Be a Camerawoman 36
12. Where to Next? 45
13. Lessons of Television 51
14. Teaching 54
15. The Weavers 58
16. My First Film Portrait 65
17. Professional Infatuations 68
18. Them 73
19. The Ordeal 83
20. Compromises 91
21. Sharp Angles 96
22. On the Threshold of Change 100
23. Arkhangelsk Muzhik 107
24. Oleg Efremov 121
25. Solovki Power 124
26. Life Is More Talented Than We Are 157
27. Perestroika: Another Life 162
28. A Taste of Freedom 168
29. Once More about Scripts 177
30. Earthquake 180
31. The House on Arbat Street 183
32. Life with a Camera 194
33. Technology and Creativity 198
34. The Prince 202
35. On Ethics 213
36. Life with a Camera (Continued) 216
37. Documentary Trip 218
38. Filmography of Marina Goldovskaya 227
39. Appendix: Notable Figures in Soviet Filmmaking and Other Arts 233
40. Index 255