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The article is devoted to the study of the representation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy in the history of cinema as a special artistic medium. The author sets out to trace how Nietzsche's ideas are reflected in the cinema language, aesthetics and philosophy of films of the XX–XXI centuries, as well as to find out what is the special relevance of cinema for expressing the Nietzschean worldview. The study covers a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of visual cultural forms and is based on a number of examples of films that consciously build their structure and imagery in dialogue with Nietzschean concepts. Special attention is paid to cinematic animation as the form closest to the Nietzschean understanding of art as the outflow of flourishing physicality into the world of images and desires." The article offers an interpretation of cinema as a phenomenon with the potential to visualize and develop Nietzsche's philosophy beyond the textual space. The author hypothesizes that cinema, as a young and dynamic art, intuitively embodies the ideals of Nietzschean aesthetics, and Nietzsche's philosophy itself — in a certain sense — anticipates the emergence of cinema as a technological and cultural phenomenon.
Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophy of culture, Tarkovsky, cinema, modernity, postmodernity, Lars von Trier, biopolitical cinema
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