Open AccessFilms about filmmaking. Reality and game
Author(s) -
Roman Maksovich Perel'shteyn,
Roman Perelshtein
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik2194-103
Subject(s) - filmmaking , face (sociological concept) , aesthetics , art , visual arts , computer science , sociology , movie theater , social science
«For acting trade talking of reality and game as living strategies is essential. While the former implies the idea of "face", the latter gives us the notion of "mask". In various films about filmmaking, such as F. Fellini's "8 1/2", "Everything For Sale" by A. Wajda, "American Night" by F. Truffaud, "The Voice" by I. Averbach, the collision between reality and game becomes crucial. When an actor put on his mask, he needs a mirror that isn't false, which means indifferent, but is true, revealing the face behind the mask affectionately. And a spectator becomes such a mirror».