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THE ROOTS OF THE TREE: INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ARCHETYPAL IMAGE OF THE "TREE" IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA
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THE ROOTS OF THE TREE: INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ARCHETYPAL IMAGE OF THE "TREE" IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA
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S0869-54150000408-1-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Igor Morozov 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1987-0706
Edition
Issue 6
Pages
60-72
Abstract
The article analyzes a number of telling examples of using the tree image in contemporary cinema, including the interpretations of the triad: “the world tree” – “the tree of life” – “the tree of knowledge of good and evil”. The author argues that the “baptismal” and “kinship” symbolism related to the Christian axiology is most representative in the examples shown. Genealogical associations allow for an easy move to other planes, such as the “tree of life”, “magic tree”, “tree of wishes”, “wedding tree” connected to fertility and progeny, and so on. These associative connections engender an array of contemporary everyday and ritual practices from children’s playhouses on trees to “wedding trees” in city space.
Keywords
the “tree” mythologem in contemporary cinema, archetypal images and symbols, origin of cultural semantics in the present sociocultural milieu
Date of publication
01.11.2012
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The Tree of Life 2011 – The Tree of Life: Film / Terrence Malick. USA: River Road Entertainment, 2011. 139 min.
Walkabout 1971 – Walkabout: Film / Nicolas Roeg. Australia; United Kingdom: Si Litvinoff Film Production, 1971. 100 min.

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