PRINCIPLES OF THE RELIGIOUS IMAGES’ CONSTRUCTION IN THE CINEMA AND TELEVISION FEATURE MOVIES OF SOVIET LITHUANIA: THE ASPECT OF PREDISPOSITIONS Cover Image

Religijos įvaizdžių konstravimo principai sovietmečio Lietuvos meniniuose kino ir televizijos filmuose antireliginės propagandos kontekste
PRINCIPLES OF THE RELIGIOUS IMAGES’ CONSTRUCTION IN THE CINEMA AND TELEVISION FEATURE MOVIES OF SOVIET LITHUANIA: THE ASPECT OF PREDISPOSITIONS

Author(s): Modestas Grigaliūnas
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla

Summary/Abstract: The principles of religious images construction in the cinema and television feature antireligious movies of soviet Lithuania are analyzed in the article in the context of the antireligious indoctrination of the society. By analyzing two movies created in Lithuania in the 1970s–1980s – Pasigailėk mūsų (1978) and Devyni nuopuolio ratai (1984) – it is argued that the images of the religion (Catholicism), its symbols, Catholic priesthood, etc. have been based on a special development of a movie plot and the narrative of a story, on the special space of such story, and other means of artistic expression. The identification of such principles is matched with the theoretical aspects of the predispositions’ analysis. Such an analytical tool allows to discuss the “religious“ images by the antireligious soviet propaganda in respect to the resymbolization process.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 66
  • Page Range: 7-33
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Lithuanian
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