Демонизация образа рок-музыканта в западном кинематографе

Abstract

In this article, attention is mainly focused on the images of musicians with supernormal abilities in Western cinema, their recognizable external and behavioral features, which are largely a clichéd perception of one or another stylistic of rock music. Why do the images of rock musicians fit so well into the visual structure? First of all, this is the high potential of the represented stories for multilevel decryption. The interest of mass culture in the field of rock music is characterized by many criteria, and not least of all associated with the carnival, mystical elements of concert activity; detective elements, and existential twists and turns. The clichéd motives of protest do not coincide with everyday life or do not directly correlate with it, but it is precisely the struggle that becomes in demand among the audience. It is symptomatic that rock musicians appear in many films in the images of Others, endowed with superpowers. Different myths are intertwined, and transformations and demonic forces are initially regarded as something unrighteous, but it is to the au- dience’s judgment that options are presented in assessing the Others and their fate. The author examines in detail a number of characters of rock musicians who appear in many films in the images of Others, supreme beings. This kind of character assumes the individual assessments of ethical principles inherent to this or that superhero.