Movies on Games

[Nina Shevchuk]

How about "Genii" (Genius) (1991) or "The Classicist" (Klassik), (1998) about pool? Here's some info:  «Êëàññèê», 1998 
  Êèíîêîìïàíèÿ: Ìîñôèëüì, Ðîññèÿ
Ðåæèññåð: Ãåîðãèé Øåíãåëèÿ
Èñïîëíèòåëè: Ñåðãåé Íèêîíåíêî, Àëåêñàíäð Ïàíêðàòîâ-×åðíûé, Âëàäèìèð Ýòóø, Þîçàñ Áóäðàéòèñ

Ñþæåò êàðòèíû îñíîâàí íà íåîáû÷íîé äëÿ êèíî òåìå - èãðå â áèëüÿðä. Ñâîå îáðàùåíèå ê òåìå áèëüÿðäà ðåæèññåð ôèëüìà Ãåîðãèé Øåíãåëèÿ êîììåíòèðóåò òàê: "Áèëüÿðä íå èíòåðåñîâàë íàñ ñàì ïî ñåáå. Íàø ôèëüì íå òîëüêî î íåì. Îí çàòðàãèâàåò âîïðîñû ÷åñòè è äîñòîèíñòâà ìóæ÷èí". Êàðòèíà, æàíð êîòîðîé ðåæèññåð îïðåäåëÿåò êàê "êðèìèíàëüíàÿ àôåðà", ÿâëÿåòñÿ ëåãêîé è óâëåêàòåëüíîé: â íåé åñòü ýëåìåíòû àâàíòþðíîé êîìåäèè, ïñèõîëîãè÷åñêîãî äåòåêòèâà è ìåëîäðàìû. Äåéñòâèå íà÷èíàåòñÿ ñ òîãî, ÷òî ïðîôåññèîíàëüíûé èãðîê ïî ôàìèëèè Ñàâèöêèé (Þîçàñ Áóäðàéòèñ) çàõâàòûâàåò äåíüãè, ñîáðàííûå òàéíûì ñîîáùåñòâîì áèëüÿðäèñòîâ íà áëàãîòâîðèòåëüíûå öåëè. ×òîáû âåðíóòü äåíüãè è íàêàçàòü Ñàâèöêîãî, ê íåìó ïîäñûëàþò èãðîêà-âèðòóîçà ïî ïðîçâèùó "Êëàññèê". Èñòîðèÿ, ïðèäóìàííàÿ ñöåíàðèñòîì Ïàâëîì ×óõðàåì, äîâîëüíî çàïóòàíà, íî òåì èíòåðåñíåé áóäåò åå ðàçãàäàòü. Êàê ñ÷èòàåò Ãåîðãèé Øåíãåëèÿ, åãî íîâûé ôèëüì ïîíðàâèòñÿ ëþäÿì, êîòîðûå "óìåþò ÷óâñòâîâàòü, äóìàòü, ëþáÿò îñòðîòó æèçíè, åå áûñòðûé ðèòì, è â òî æå
 âðåìÿ îñòàþòñÿ â ñîñòîÿíèè íåêîòîðîãî âíóòðåííåãî ïîêîÿ".


Sandra Evans <sandra.evans at UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE> wrote:  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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