«There Is No Flame, Only Smoke Lingers»: the Image of a Rock Musician in Modern Russian Cinema
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-60-2-80-94
Abstract
The article analyzes the image of a rock musician in modern Russian cinema. Having developed a cult status in the mid-80s - early 90s, this kind of character reappeared on the screens in the first decade of the 21st century. One after another, the sequels to the Perestroika hits «2-Assa-2» by S. Solovyov and «The Needle Remix» by R. Nugmanov are released, a number of other notable films featuring this image are produced, but they fail to repeat the success of their predecessors. The author analyzes the cultural codes behind the image of a rock musician in Russian cinema, traces its changes and concludes that the cult hero of the Perestroika and the early nineties nowadays, «rehabilitated» by the silver screen and «polished» by the elapsed time, has acquired a new resonance. If initially a rock musician in Soviet cinema was an opinion maker and an inspiring leader, in modern Russian cinema he has become a sign of spiritual exhaustion and lack of sense-making guidelines typical of the 2000s.
About the Author
S. A. Smagina
VGIK
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana A. Smagina, Doctor in Art Studies, Associate Professor of the Cinema Studies Department at S.A. Gerasimov Russian Federation State University of Cinematography; Deputy Director – Head of the Analytical Department of the Research Centre for Film Education and Screen Arts
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Smagina S.A. «There Is No Flame, Only Smoke Lingers»: the Image of a Rock Musician in Modern Russian Cinema. Vestnik VGIK. 2024;16(2(60)):80-94. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-60-2-80-94
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