Summaries

The world is in every person. Microcosms have no boundaries. They are exactly as big as the imagination of their owner. Juri Lotman's imagination was clearly very big. The entire universe fit into it - a large portion of Russian literature, the semiosphere the size of the galaxy, and detailed knowledge of wartime lines of communication. As a cosmopolitan, he traveled about various orbits, gathering and recording different kinds of information. The time came when ideas that came about as the result of processing of information started to look for a means of expression. Some of them found their way out through picture drawings, others by way of written words. In Lotman's world, Hitler and Stalin meet, and images of St. Petersburg and Tartu intertwine. The round table of semioticians as Eco, Uspenski, Toporov, Jegorov, Ivanov, Pjatigorski and others is given the floor, the battlefield alternates with domestic idyll, signs alternate with meanings. Shrove buns, herring and a moustache are also undoubtedly an inseparable part of Lotman's inner and outer cosmos. There are as many worlds as there are people. But there is only one Lotman's World.—Agne Nelk

Details

Keywords
  • jewish
  • estonia
  • semiology
Genres
  • Animation
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date May 7, 2008
Countries of origin Estonia
Language English Russian Estonian
Filming locations London, England, UK
Production companies Eetriüksus

Box office

Budget $250000

Tech specs

Runtime 59m
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Synopsis

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