‘‘Faces of Death” in Andy Warhol’s early films
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-59-1-134-144
Abstract
The article is devoted to the theme of death and its non-obvious manifestations in Andy Warhol’s early cinema. The analyzed material is based on two of the director’s important films — “Blowjob” and “Sleep”. The work attempts to analyze Warhol’s cinematic experiments from the perspective of using the close-ups, the philosophy of which was developed by the leading film theorists of the 20th century. Parallels are also drawn between the pictorial tradition of depicting death and Warhol’s figurative system.
About the Author
A. S. Simindeikin
VGIK
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander S. Simindeikin, 3rd year student, Cinema Studies department, Vladimir V. Vinogradov’s workshop
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Simindeikin A.S. ‘‘Faces of Death” in Andy Warhol’s early films. Vestnik VGIK. 2024;16(1(59)):134-144. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-59-1-134-144
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