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Cormac McCarthy’s "The Counselor" Summary
Cormac McCarthy’s 2013 novel was written as an original screenplay. The text is characterized by its grim realism and detailed descriptions of the workings of Mexican drug cartels.
"Days of Eclipse" by the Strugatsky brothers and Pavel Kadochnikov, summary
The screenplay is based on the famous novel by the Strugatsky brothers. The original script was written in the late 1980s with the participation of Pavel Kadochnikov. The text sets the action in a sultry southern city, shifting the emphasis from science fiction to philosophical drama.
"Maximilian the Stylite" by Ivan Okhlobystin, summary
The heroic comedy "Maximilian the Stylite" was created by Ivan Okhlobystin in 1996. The storyline intertwines the grotesque everyday life of the 1990s with the protagonist’s philosophical reflections on the meaning of his own existence.
Ivan Okhlobystin’s "The Garbage Man," a summary
Ivan Okhlobystin’s story was published in 1996. It served as the literary basis for a popular film script, depicting the clash of two opposing worldviews against the backdrop of a snowy provincial town.
A summary of Ulysses by Ivan Okhlobystin
The novel, created in 2019, combines a fantasy story about parallel worlds with a series of autobiographical essays. The plot begins in a Swiss salon, moves to a village near Moscow, and explores real-life childhood memories.
"Over the Abyss" by Ivan Okhlobystin, summary
Ivan Okhlobystin’s autobiographical work was published in 2008. It is a frank exploration of the existential fear of death that haunts the protagonist through the years and shapes his unique worldview.
Ivan Okhlobystin’s "DMB," a summary
The absurdist novella "DMB," written by Ivan Okhlobystin shortly before the film’s premiere in 2000, captures the grotesque spirit of army life in the late 1990s. The work is written in a vivid language—the characters’ dialogues almost instantly became folklore and became resonant aphorisms.
Ivan Okhlobystin’s "Tarantina," a summary
Ivan Okhlobystin’s absurd adventure story describes the attempt of steppe nomads to obtain the latest film from a famous American director. The work was created in the mid-2000s,
A summary of Ivan Okhlobystin’s "The Nightingale the Robber"
Ivan Okhlobystin’s screenplay for this crime comedy was written in 2008. The work reimagines themes of Russian national epic poetry through the lens of social satire.
Ivan Okhlobystin’s "Moth" (A Brief Summary)
The play and screenplay "Moth," created in 2016, is a mystical drama with a surreal intertwining of the destinies of people with criminal pasts around an innocent child in a time-warped space.
"At the End of the Night" by Konstantin Lopushansky, summary
The screenplay "At the End of the Night" (published, among other things, in the anthology "Film Screenplays," 1985, No1) depicts the first weeks after a catastrophe, which is imposed on the survivors as the result of a world war, although the protagonist persistently searches for evidence of a localized accident and political manipulation.
"Red Square" by Yuli Dunsky, summary
Yuli Dunsky’s work, written around 1970, faithfully and honestly describes the difficult birth of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red ArmyThe most intriguing detail of this book is its open depiction of the intense conflict between the old-school career officers and the spontaneous masses of revolutionary soldiers who rejected any military discipline.
"Two Comrades Served" by Yuliy Dunsky, summary
The work was created in 1968. It describes in detail the brutality of the Russian Civil War. The most notable feature of the plot is the parallel depiction of the events of 1920 through the eyes of ideological enemies.
Richard Wagner’s "Götterdämmerung" (The Twilight of the Gods), summary
The musical drama "Götterdämmerung" was composed by Richard Wagner between 1848 and 1874. The opera serves as the final chord of the monumental tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
"Night Predator" by Artur Makarov, summary
Artur Makarov’s detective novella was published in 1983. The book stands out from the crowd of typical Soviet prose. Set in the secretive world of the international fur trade,