Yesterday and Forever

Yesterday and Forever (Lithuanian: Vakar ir visados) is Lithuanian film created in 1984. This film is a joint creation by the director Gytis Lukšas, singer Veronika Povilionienė and scriptwriter, poet Marcelijus Martinaitis.

Yesterday and Forever
LithuanianVakar ir visados
Directed byGytis Lukšas[1]
Written byMarcelijus Martinaitis
Gytis Lukšas[1]
StarringMarcelijus Martinaitis
Veronika Povilionienė
Gintaras Tilvytis
Arūnas Ivanauskas
Rima Lozovaitė[1]
Music byVeronika Povilionienė
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
63 minutes[1]
CountrySoviet Union, Lithuanian SSR
LanguageLithuanian

This film was made by a commission of the Soviet Central Television but later for the first three after creation is had no public debut. Instead, it had been shown in the cinemas of towns and small cities. After it had been shown in the Tbilisi Cinema by an initiative of Sergei Parajanov, it got recognition in Lithuanian SSR also.[2]

As an educational material Yesterday and Forever was shown to students at some universities in the USA.[3] Russian linguist and mythologist Vladimir Toporov praised this film as a metaphorical representation of the archaic worldview to a modern viewer.[4]

The film was filmed in an old Dzūkish house in Alytus District Municipality.

Plot

The film has no narrative, no professional actors or intrigue.[4] Various Lithuanian folk traditions, agriculture works and rituals are presented by folk artists and dancers. Folk songs performed by Veronika Povilionienė, poems of Marcelijus Martinaitis and traditional Lithuanian instrumental music make a sonic ambience of the movie.[3][1]

References
  1. "Vakar ir visados". Lietuvių filmų centras. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  2. Aistė Stonytė-Budzinauskienė (2012). Kine kaip kine: Vakar ir visados (Television production) (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  3. Jankauskas, Gediminas (2008-06-19). "Tautiškumas lietuvių kine: vakar ir visados" [Ethnicity in the Lithuanian cinema: Yesterday and Forever]. Nemunas (in Lithuanian). Vol. 23. Kaunas. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  4. Toporov, Vladimir (2016). Translated by Razauskas, Dainius. "Vladimiro Toporovo kalba pristatant filmą „Vakar ir visados"" [Speech of Vladimir Toporov Presenting the film Yesterday and Forever] (PDF). Liaudies kultūra (in Lithuanian) (2): 58–59. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
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