the cinema Network “Moschino” invites citizens to free online lectures from the series “Architecture in cinema”. To them, Internet users will be able to know why the Directors had built for his paintings entire cities and planets, as architecture creates the necessary atmosphere in the film and what role it plays in foreign and Russian cinema of the XX — beginning of XXI century.
live broadcasts of the lectures will be held on the official website network “Moschino” in social network “Facebook” and also on the organization’s website. There you can see their schedule. Lectures will be architectural historian and founder of the project “Moscow through the eyes of an engineer” Airat Bagautdinov.
As reported, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, just four scheduled online meeting, they will be 13, 15, 20, and 22 may. Each begins at 19:00. Pre-registration is not required, but the movies recommended to watch in advance.
“Lectures on the cinema of different countries and eras. You can learn about the importance of architecture in the well-known Soviet and Russian films, European paintings of the 1920s and the American cinema of the 70s and 80s,” he said.
the First lecture, entitled “From “metropolis” to “blade Runner”” is scheduled for may 13. We will focus on the European feeds of the 1920-ies and Hollywood 1970-1980’s. Online users will talk about the famous silent film “metropolis” (1927), filmed by German Director Fritz lang in the genre of sci-Fi dystopia. The film takes place in the fictional town where the architectural style of art Deco symbolizes the world of rich people, and functionalism — the world of the poor. In addition, the audience will talk about how he created the alien design in the movie “Star wars” (1977-1983) George Lucas and why in the movie “the Shining” (1980) Stanley Kubrick the hotel building is crazy the main character. The lecture will also talk about the movie “playtime” (1967) Jacques Tati, “the Sleeper” (1973) woody Allen and “blade Runner” (1982) by Ridley Scott.
20 may will be held online, a lecture entitled “From “Aelita” to thaw”. It will talk about Soviet cinema from the 1920s to the 1960s years. So, users will learn how to create “Martian” architecture for silent film Aelita (1924) Yakov Protazanov. In addition, Airat Bagautdinov will discuss with the audience the Comedy “New Moscow” (1938) about the famous Alexander Medvedkin, the Soviet reconstruction of the capital and Cheremushki (1962) Herbert Rappaport. The action of this film takes place in the area, built houses of a new type. Later they became known as the Khrushchev. Still, the program lectures films “the Third petty-bourgeois” (1927) by Abram room of, “the Crown Prince of the Republic” (1934) Edward Johanson, and a picture of George Nathanson “once again about love” (1967).
On may 22, scheduled online meeting called “From “Irony of fate” to the present”. It will focus on national cinema 1970-2010 years. Airat Bagautdinov will explain how architecture can serve as a premise for a movie plot for the sample picture Eldar Ryazanov “Irony of fate or With light steam!” and what can you tell me few and strange constructions of a post-apocalyptic world about its inhabitants in the film George Danelia “kin-DZA-DZA!” (1986). Lecturer together with the audience will also remember how the capital looked at the turn of XX and XXI centuries, and discuss the film “Moscow” (2000) Alexander Zeldovich. The focus of his lecture will also talk about the films “to Love man” (1972) Sergei Gerasimov, “Courier” (1986) and Karen Shakhnazarov’s “the Spy” (2012) by Alexey Andrianov.
And on may 15, online lectures “From “Ghostbusters” to “the Truman Show”,” Airat Bagautdinov will acquaint Internet users with the world of foreign cinema 1980-2010 years. So, you can learn why skyscrapers have become a symbol of urban life in dystopian British Director Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” (1985) and where else besides the pavilions, were removed by the perfect American town to film “the Truman Show” (1998) Peter Weir. Viewers will see the role played by architecture in the Hollywood film “Gattaca” (1997) Andrew Niccol and “equilibrium” (2002) Kurt Wimmer.
“Porsche design” — institution in the structure of the Department of culture of Moscow that manages the network of municipal cinemas. Every year the organization hosts hundreds of retrospectives, festivals, films, film clubs, premieres and meetings with Directors, and also oversees a city-wide festival “movie Night”. The network includes 13 theaters, including “Space”, “salute”, “Star”, “Torch” and “Youth”. In the Cinematheque “Moschino” contains about nine thousand copies of the Soviet film classics.
Despite the fact that all municipal offices are closed in connection with the spread of the coronavirus, the cultural life of Moscow continues, but online. Their programs for those who stayed home, prepared the libraries, museums, galleries, parks and many other cultural sites of Moscow. On the portal mos.ru also launched a special project “Culture of Moscow online”. On a single Internet site presents dozens of concerts, performances, tours, lectures and even a light show.
