Keynote Narration and Theory of Distance: Analysis of the Seasons
The article explores the leitmotif narration in cinema, i.e. the one based on transitions from one leitmotif to another as exemplified by Artavazd Peleshian's short non-fiction film “Seasons of the Year”. The peculiarity of Peleshian's artistic method is that he does not proceed by relations between adjoining images but between the disjoint ones which results in their repetition. The dramaturgy of “Seasons of the Year” is based on transitions from one leit-motif to another. The main ones here, as well as in other Peleshian's films, are the themes of cosmos and chaos.