"Sitting on high plateaus!" 2ANNAS – "Lāčplēsis" with music and civic factor / Article / LSM.LV

The festival will feature a film concert featuring the original music of the film written by Leibovitz, the first part of the 20th century, the compositions created by contemporary Latvian composers and the new composer Aleksey Pegushev, specially created for this performance by the Latvian miniature choir. and composer and double bbad Kristaps Pētersons, former director of the Palladium Orchestra, written by Leibov. . "We are sitting on high shelves," said Laima Grazdanoviča, festival curator.

The Riga 2ANNAS International Short Film Festival will take place this year from 26 November to 2 December. On the occasion of the centenary of the three Baltic States, 2ANNAS will focus on the issue of citizenship, focusing on the traditions and renewal of nationalism in the world, while examining citizenship and national problems with irony.

The citizens – different, film range – milzumliels

Festival Commissioner Laima Grazdanovich notes that this is not the first time that Lacplesis music is played, but for the first time in Riga. "The film itself was conceived as a dedication to the Latvian State Decade, and this year it is particularly interesting to celebrate the centenary of our country.The film wanted to create a nation and a civic conscience, civic .

We also try to approach the theme of citizens from different angles during the festival – because we sometimes forget the number of layers of society that citizens represent.

Several major programs of the festival affect both the ideas and traditions of the revolution: in this case, we examine how different traditions of the people have survived and whether, directly or indirectly, national and civic ideas help or hinder training. traditions of peoples. "

In total, we will be able to watch more than 150 short films.

"The range of movies is great for such a festival!" said Graždanoviča.

The movie "Lāčplēsis" will feature "Splendid Palace", but most of the films will be presented at the Hemp Cultural Center and at the "K. Suns" cinema.

When asked how the opus Kristaps Peterson had been chosen for the musical accompaniment, Laima Graždanoviča stressed: "We knew that his work had already taken place before.

It seemed so appropriate that the Latvian radio choir, renowned for its fame, had started for us all … We could not even imagine a better option, but on our side that probably means "sit on the highest shelves ".

But it's really worth it. "

"Lacplesis" even the army and the military technique

Aleksandra Rustejika's film was meant to be a dedication to Latvia's decade of independence in 1928. The large-scale shooting of Lacplesis was funded by both the guards organization and the ministry. of the war.

Army pieces and military equipment have also been involved in mbad journals with 500 statistics.

However, the premiere of the film took place on March 3, 1930, in the presence of Latvian President Gustavs Zemgals, Saeima President Pauls Kalnins, Prime Minister Hugo Celmins, Interior Minister Eduards Laimins, Chief Executive from the interim government Karlis Ulmanis and other important personalities. The crowd of the movie theater, unbeknownst to the tickets, was waiting for the next screenings of the film.

The film's work unfolds simultaneously in the mythical world of Lāčplēsis, Laimdota and Black Knight, both during the 1905 Revolution, the First World War and the Latvian Freedom Fight, on which the background of history unfolds. John and Mirdza's love.

The description of the film on the Latvian cultural canon in the film indicates that the film's scientist Juris Civian sees the effect of the film on German expressionism of the 1920s in the film, and here he is likely to put worth the 1924 film by Frica Langa, Nībelungi. Zigfrida ", where the apparent blonde Zigfrida was definitely inspired by the image of the main character of the film" Lāčplēsis ", reproduced by Voldemars Dimze.

The main role of women is the diva theater and cinema Lilita Brziņa. Ironically, one of his most famous roles at the movies is far from being a diva figure – it's Roots Mirta or Mirttante's 1981 John Streich Limousine movie in The Midsummer Night's Color.

Scandal in the press

All "Lacplesis" displays have not been received responsively. The 1990 edition of "Introductions of Latvian Cinema 1920-1940" also included an article from the 1930 film "Film and the Scout" entitled "Scandal with" Lāčplēsis "in Tallinn.

"Thanks to the efforts of the film rental agency" Nordost Film ", the Latvian film" Lāčplēsis "has been screened successfully in many neighboring countries." Last week, "Lāčplēši" started to show the best director of photography in Tallinn, "Rekord", whose owner has invested about 100,000 "The Lāčplēsis" would undoubtedly have had great success if his actors were content to consider the consequences of their work. The Estonians were looking at "Lāčplēsis", found an equally unforgettable falsification of history and felt deeply insulted by the fact that Latvians had forgotten the people of their brothers – the help of Estonians in their struggles for freedom.

The case came so far that the unfortunate incident occurred from the coming rapprochement between Latvia and Estonia.

The badociation of rapprochement between Latvia and Estonia refused to send the honor card of the show "Lacplesis" and General Peders forbade Estonian soldiers from attending representations of the film. Thanks to such hostility, the film "Lacplesis" was forced to remove it from the screen on the second day, which was a painful blow to our film.

Only film actors, unpredictable with the appearance of their historic face in Lacplesis, are to blame for the event. So it's a lesson for future work! "

An example of how to talk about history

To learn more about Aleksandra Rustejica's film, one of the authors of the series, director of photography Inga Pērkone: "The film was originally conceived as a documentary for the decade, but the The idea grew as everything was done, two years had gone. "

How was the film perceived by the Latvian public? "Judging by reviews or press releases, it was perceived as a prestigious historical film depicting the history of Latvia.The Estonians had the blame that their role in defending the independence of Latvia has not been sufficiently demonstrated, and the filmmakers have included a wide range of historical documents while searching for important historical personalities, in particular, targeting the maximum of visual equivalents according to the type principle, working at the reconstruction of historical events.

As evidenced by this trend, recent films, such as the centennial films Lacplesis uses to describe the country's creation, are strikingly reflective of trends. Images are not just decoded.

But this is a new phenomenon, under observation, which confirms the importance of Lacplesis. "

Finally, is "Lāčplēsis" considered a contemporary film at this time? Inga Pērkone replies a little: "In other countries, patriotic films generally do not use any form of modern expression, they are not very fast either.

The historical theme confers a certain celebration, which is also evident in Lacplesis. Therefore, we can not say that the film used modern means of expression of time.

The film, rather, is an idea of ​​how to talk about the story – expanded, respectful, thorough and showcased. "