Fantasy and Dystopia: Representation of Totalitarianism in Modern Popular Cinema

Student: Anisimov Artemii

Supervisor: Yegor Isayev

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2016

This study aimed at understanding of trends in the film industry in the context of the modern information environment. To obtain the necessary information in the course of work will be used methods of analysis of various documents and books relating to this issue, as well as the methods of filmstudy. This work aims to illustrate how the process of representation of totalitarianism changed in the contemporary cinema, as well as to answer variety of questions about why cinema as an art form is interested in totalitarianism once again.

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