Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema
The article analyses the image of a rock musician in the late Soviet and modern Russian cinema. Having appeared on screen in the mid-80s, a rock musician character type immediately had a cult following. The image represented a hero of the then-new time, a singer of freedom, a bearer of a different,...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
State Institute for Art Studies
2024-03-01
|
| Series: | Художественная культура |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://artculturestudies.sias.ru/upload/iblock/d3d/uqziv9lrmtwd77dxt6nkp562yoermptz/hk_2024_1_512.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797236925874044928 |
|---|---|
| author | Smagina Svetlana A. |
| author_facet | Smagina Svetlana A. |
| author_sort | Smagina Svetlana A. |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The article analyses the image of a rock musician in the late Soviet and modern Russian cinema. Having appeared on screen in the mid-80s, a rock musician character type immediately had a cult following. The image represented a hero of the then-new time, a singer of freedom, a bearer of a different, “correct” pro-Western worldview, starting from the appearance and ending with the philosophy of life, and a symbol of disagreement not only with the generation of fathers but also with the then-existing, “wrong” world order in general. A rock musician in the perestroika cinema was a typical rebel character who appeared in the world cinema at the turn of epochs. The author of the article formulates the cultural codes behind the representation of such a character type on screen, traces its transformation, and comes to the conclusion that the meanings behind a rock musician character type are gradually losing their immediate relevance in modern Russian cinema. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-24T17:11:36Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-5d07b5a16720432a88431ef197f8fadf |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2226-0072 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-24T17:11:36Z |
| publishDate | 2024-03-01 |
| publisher | State Institute for Art Studies |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Художественная культура |
| spelling | doaj.art-5d07b5a16720432a88431ef197f8fadf2024-03-28T09:50:18ZengState Institute for Art StudiesХудожественная культура2226-00722024-03-01151253310.51678/2226-0072-2024-1-512-533Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet CinemaSmagina Svetlana A.0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-5383S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK)The article analyses the image of a rock musician in the late Soviet and modern Russian cinema. Having appeared on screen in the mid-80s, a rock musician character type immediately had a cult following. The image represented a hero of the then-new time, a singer of freedom, a bearer of a different, “correct” pro-Western worldview, starting from the appearance and ending with the philosophy of life, and a symbol of disagreement not only with the generation of fathers but also with the then-existing, “wrong” world order in general. A rock musician in the perestroika cinema was a typical rebel character who appeared in the world cinema at the turn of epochs. The author of the article formulates the cultural codes behind the representation of such a character type on screen, traces its transformation, and comes to the conclusion that the meanings behind a rock musician character type are gradually losing their immediate relevance in modern Russian cinema.https://artculturestudies.sias.ru/upload/iblock/d3d/uqziv9lrmtwd77dxt6nkp562yoermptz/hk_2024_1_512.pdfrussian cinemaprofessions in cinemaanthropology of cinemasoviet cinemaartistic imageimage in cinemarock musician |
| spellingShingle | Smagina Svetlana A. Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema Художественная культура russian cinema professions in cinema anthropology of cinema soviet cinema artistic image image in cinema rock musician |
| title | Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema |
| title_full | Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema |
| title_fullStr | Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema |
| title_full_unstemmed | Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema |
| title_short | Our Hearts Demand Change. The Image of a Rock Musician in the Late Soviet Cinema |
| title_sort | our hearts demand change the image of a rock musician in the late soviet cinema |
| topic | russian cinema professions in cinema anthropology of cinema soviet cinema artistic image image in cinema rock musician |
| url | https://artculturestudies.sias.ru/upload/iblock/d3d/uqziv9lrmtwd77dxt6nkp562yoermptz/hk_2024_1_512.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT smaginasvetlanaa ourheartsdemandchangetheimageofarockmusicianinthelatesovietcinema |