URBAN KALEIDOSCOPE: THE VARIETY OF IMAGES OF THE LUGANSK REGION IN THE WORKS OF MATUSOVSKY AND SOVIET CINEMA

Abstract

The object of the study is the image of the Luhansk region as a mirror of the epoch, which reflects social and cultural changes. The subject of the analysis was the lyrics of the Soviet songwriter M. M. Matusovsky and the cult Soviet cinema, which vividly presents the urban landscapes of the region, its architecture, the daily life of residents and the leading contradictions of the time. Semiotic, sociocultural approaches, comparative historical and content analysis are chosen as research methods. It is established that when creating the image of the Luhansk region in the Soviet films “Young Guard”, “Light in the Window”, symbols of rebirth, hard work, faith in the future, the exploits of heroes and workers were used. In the later films “Anthracite” and “Mirror for the Hero”, there is a rethinking of the Soviet past and a fixation of the crisis of public morality. The philosophy of the artistic image, constructed on the archetypes of search, love, loyalty, rebellion, is revealed through mythopoeic symbols, mythologems of the “technical edge” and “industrial edge”, as well as the character of the main characters. The study showed that cinema, as an artistic, aesthetic and socio-cultural product of creativity, fully reveals the visual portrait of the Luhansk region, creates an emotional intensity and reproduces the rapid dynamics of time, emphasized by the changing urban landscapes of the post-war reconstruction of the country.

For citation:
Serostanova, O. B. (2024). Urban kaleidoscope: the variety of images of the Lugansk region in the works of Matusovsky and soviet cinema. Experience industries. Socio-Cultural Research Technologies (EISCRT), 3 (8), 302-340. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.34680/EISCRT-2024-3(8)-302-340