Film Studies and Its Components: Based on Nikita Mikhalkov's Film “Sunstroke”

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is one of the most significant directors of our time, who has developed his own style in the art of cinema, his own recognizable handwriting, and has contributed to the development of modern Russian cinema with a unique perspective on history, the fatherland, the moral man, and traditional values such as language, Orthodoxy, and culture. The director's ability to be at the center of cinematic events sets him apart from many of his contemporaries. His active engagement with important issues for society and his willingness to express his own opinions on the most complex aspects of life make his work particularly captivating. Each new project is a contribution to the history of Russian cinema. They show the work of a cultured person. N.S. Mikhalkov's idiostyle should be studied not only from the perspective of art history, but also from the perspectives of philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, soteriology, and other humanities. In essence, the film material under study presents N.S. Mikhalkov as an orator, a tribune who speaks loudly only about what concerns everyone, because the issues he and his team address are related to existence, life and death, space and chaos, love and hate, patriotism and betrayal, tradition and innovation. In each of these positions, he defends the right to be called a human being. For him, honor and dignity are not empty words, but a sphere of cultural studies aimed at defining “us” and “them.” It is no coincidence that one of his first works, “Us and Them,” as a philosophical and cultural concept, was so vivid and expressive. The theme of revolutionary events is one of the central themes in his work. The interaction between the white and red armies is a painful and controversial topic that has been debated for decades in our culture. Nikita Mikhalkov's film “Sunstroke” is particularly interesting because it is based on the reflections of Ivan Bunin, a classic of Russian literature and a witness to these events, who lost his homeland due to the revolutionary upheaval. Film studies help us explore the film text from the perspective of logos.