Žmogus su kino kamera prieš cenzoriaus žirkles. Laisvės diskursai filmuose pagal Icchoko Mero scenarijus

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Cenzūra; Scenarijai; Scenaristai; Kinas; Sovietmetis.

ENThe history of the development of films based on scripts by Icchokas Meras (1934-2014) - Kai aš mažas buvau (When I was Young, 1968), Birželis, vasaros pradžia (Summer Begins in June, 1969), and Maža išpažintis (A Small Confession, 1971) - is a powerful illustration of the shifts of consciousness experienced by the Soviet artist. These processes are evident at all the main stages in the creation of a film: initial enthusiasm about the project; the drama of dealing with the ideological authorities; and the mysterious workings of the censorship machine and its regulation of all aspects of how the film would circulate in society. The author examines a heterogeneous body of work, including literary and directorial scripts and their drafts, and various archival documents (contracts, letters, discussion records, expert evaluations), as well as the actual film and literary works. Combining different methodological instruments – genetic-contact relations, the study of intertextual connections, structural analysis, and comparativism - the author analyzes methods of evading censors, trajectories in the development of Aesopic language, and the different kinds of artist-government relationships that were possible between the periods of Thaw and stagnation. The study demonstrates that, prior to 1972, the development of cultural life during the Soviet period had approached a critical moment of choice, and that the self- immolation of Romas Kalantas’s (1953-1972) in Kaunas marked a point of no return. [From the publication]