Movies on Games

[Sandra Evans]

Dear SEELANGerS,

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions of Russian and East  
European Films that deal with the concept of "game" as a structured or  
semi-structured activity, which generally involves goals, rules,  
challenges and a degree of interactivity. Aspects of consideration:  
Games create autonomous worlds with codified rules that create order,  
which however can be modified and even suspended by smart players.  
Player types lead a risky life in that they tend to oscillate between  
chance and calculation, prefering possibility over reality. What is  
the relationship between reality and game, life and cinema in movies  
with those types of protagonists?

Some examples from "Western" movies: The Hustler (Rossen), Charade  
(Donen), The Sting (Hill), The Game (Fincher), Dangerous Liasons  
(Frears), eXistenZ (Cronenberg), A Beautiful Mind (Howard), Casino  
Royal (Campbell) etc.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Sandra Evans
Slavic Seminar
University Tuebingen, Germany

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