Movies on Games

[Boele, O.F.]

Garpastum (2005) by Aleksei German junior. On pre-revolutionary soccer.
http://www.garpastum.ru/ 

Otto Boele




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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sandra Evans
Sent: maandag 9 juli 2007 18:45
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Movies on Games

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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