Комическое в фильме «Хрусталев, машину!» Алексея Германа старшего

Abstract

This article analyzes the film of the russian film director A.Yu. German «Khrustalev, the car!», 1998. Events in the cinema take place in 1953 — the end of the Stalin era. Historically, this period is considered difficult, a turning point, filled with many dramatic moments. However, a sense of humor has always accompanied a person, encouraged him and made it possible to look at the situation differently. In this study, the comic is singled out from a dramatic work of art. In the movie «Khrustalev, the car!» the aesthetic category of the comic is manifested through extraordinary characters, through the dialogues of the heroes, and the comic is clearly seen in absurd situations and in the visual interweaving of the sublime with the base. Each film image in the article is highlighted separately. Comic positions are detailed. After analyzing the material, the author notes that the predominantly comic in «Khrustalev, the car!», presented with the help of «black» humor. «Black» humor is characterized by cynicism, ridicule of taboo, inviolable topics, mockery of physical handicaps, diseases, and absurdism. Such humor reflected the late Stalinist period. In the future, the author plans to explore a number of films in which the aesthetics of the comic are manifested in an interesting way.