ALEXANDR SUKOROV’S PASSING WORLDThe author of this article concentrates his attention on the films directed by Alexandr Sokurov, a distinguished contemporary Russian filmmaker. Syska describes the political and aesthetical background of Sokurov’s works, underlying their key motifs: melancholy, nostalgia, reminiscences, decay of physical world, memories and time. The author mentions autobiographical components of Sokurov’s screenplays, describes his childhood defined by eternal displacement of his family, as well as the adultness — with political troubles caused by anti-communism attitude and close friendship with Tarkovsky. Syska analyzes the literary context of Sokurov’s films, cultural paradigm, religious cha...