Mirror
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Keywords
1930s1940s1960s20th centuryavant gardebiographical dramachildhoodcigarettedream sequencedreamlikedreamsdying mandying poetexistentialistexperimental filmfieldflashbackforesthistorical dramaillnessmemoirsmemoriesnewsreel footagenon-narrativenonlinear narrativenostalgianostalgic memorypoetrypoetry recitationportrait of an artistpost world war iipre war soviet unionreflectionrussiarussian historyrussian poetryself reflectionsombersoviet union historyspanish civil war (1936-39)stream of consciousnessterminal illnessthe great patriotic warvoice-overwindworld war ii
