About artists falling in love with images
Self-restraint comes as a result of a lot of work. "... I turn around skinny when everything is clear to me," writes Nikolai Dmitrievich, who, of course, fully mastered the art of self—restraint. But to make everything clear, we have to go a long way.
If I, an actor, did not pass it, then I use what I already know how to do. I know how to influence the viewer and by what means, if I may say so, lying close, I also know that. But if I have studied the subject perfectly, I already have a completely different approach and the selection of funds, and the distribution of material is completely different. But it will become possible only as a result of knowing what takes time. And if you say from the very beginning: "I will limit myself," then nothing will work out. You can limit yourself so much that there will be nothing left at all. It's good when there is something to limit: if you have a lot accumulated, then you can limit...
There is an expression: the secret of peace is a reserve. An actor is busy when he has no basis. He grabs one, the second, the third. And the stock comes as a result of a lot of work...
We know examples of artists falling in love with images created by them.
Once Tolstoy, according to the memoirs of a contemporary, went out to his family and, almost crying, said:
— Natasha cheated on the prince...
I was told that one day they found Sholokhov sobbing.
— What happened, Mikhail Alexandrovich?!
— I killed Nagulnov today...
There are many such examples.
Mordvinov was also in love with his Bogdan. One day he wandered around the castle, got into the basement, was left alone, extinguished the candle. Suddenly he began to see "first the general outlines of people, and then their exhausted, emaciated faces, with huge eyes in black sockets, calling to me: "help", or "tell", or "sing"... I will not tell anyone about this incident, but I must certainly tell my thoughts about those eyes and tormented souls in my image."
This is an extremely important point. Mordvinov here describes the state to which he came as a result of great work. It is important to note here that, having passed a long way of knowing the hero, Nikolai Dmitrievich began to look at everything through the eyes of Bogdan, and only for this reason he almost physically saw the Cossacks in the dungeon where they were tortured three centuries ago. And this is the key to understanding how he came to create a national character in Bogdan Khmelnitsky...
The scope of the afterword does not allow us to continue to reason "with quotations in our hands", even though the whole diary is modern, even topical, as if it was written yesterday. But one thing cannot be said in conclusion: Mordvinov was undoubtedly a folk artist.
He looked for the origins of the character of Bogdan Khmelnitsky in popular manifestations and, having created the image of the hero, returned it to the people. If every artist not only took from the people, but also gave to them, how wonderful it would be!
"How I felt when I made the picture that it might come in handy soon. That's useful! War!" "... Bogdan Khmelnitsky will be back in service, and I will help my people with something through him," it was written on the first day of the war.
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