Representation of the Cold War in Soviet Live-Action Films: Conjuncture and Historical Memory
Kolesnikova Alexandra Gennadevna
Russian State University for the Humanities
Submitted: 23.10.2021
Abstract. The paper aims to characterise mechanisms by which such a complex and prolonged confrontation as the Cold War is represented in Soviet live-action films of the 1950s-1980s. Scientific novelty is accounted for by the fact that on the one hand, the present-day events dictate the need to identify and interpret the mechanisms of representation of military conflicts that occur in the global community. On the other hand, research on the issue of historical memory in Russian historiography is selective, fragmentary and mainly touches on the topic of the Great Patriotic War, without addressing the matters of the emergence and functioning of the Cold War image. The paper identifies and examines the mechanisms of representation (ways and means) of the Cold War found in Soviet live-action "spy" films. In addition, the researcher briefly characterises the multifaceted image that was created with the help of artistic means of cinematic art; the paper also explores how the events of the Cold War are interpreted in films in a current (in the moment) and retrospective manner, involving historical memory mechanisms. As a result, the researcher has determined the Cold War image presented in live-action "spy" films, as well as the ways and means of its representation, some of which appeal to historical memory.
Key words and phrases: холодная война, советское игровое кино, историческая память, механизмы репрезентации военных конфликтов, The Cold War, Soviet live-action films, historical memory, mechanisms of military conflicts representation
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