Delirium is a 2013 Ukrainian psychological drama film produced and directed by Ihor Podolchak, premiered in Director's Week Competition in Fantasporto (Portugal, 2013),[2] awarded with the "First Prize"[3] at Baghdad International Film Festival (2013).
A family asks a young psychiatrist to be their guest for a while and help look after their father who's developed a suicidal fixation for ropes and knots among other things. It is also entirely possible that the mental health of the guest that is the real cause for concern.
Cast
Mykola Yefymenko (DOP), Ihor Podolchak and Lesya Voynevych (Mother) at the movie set. 2008
Volodymyr Khimyak as Guest, Psychiatrist
Lesya Voynevych as Mother
Petro Rybka as Father, Professor
Olha Horbach as Daughter
Olha Bakus as Maid
Vasyl Kostenko as Son, Son in Law
Ivan Kostenko as Priest
Production
Work on the script had begun in the spring of 2008 and was completed on the eve of filming. The director's development and preparatory period were financially supported by the Hubert Balls Foundation (The Netherlands). In search of locations for filming, the film group carried out a long expedition on the Carpathians and Transcarpathians of Ukraine. The first stage of filming took place from August 1 to September 15, 2008, in the suburbs of Lviv - Briukhovychi and Horodok, the second stage was held in Kyiv in late 2009 - early 2010. In total. The shooting was conducted on a digital Red One camera. Almost the whole film, with the exception of the first and last scene, was shot with the help of the Tilt- Shift lenses, which made it possible to create a specific image with uneven focus distribution along the frame, plane and various geometric distortions of the frame content. In the scene, which was filmed in Gorodok church, an Oscar-winning Garmoshka crane [4] and a gyrostabilized panoramic head Flight Head[5] of the renowned[6] Ukrainian company Filmotechnik were used.
Editing, color correction, and sound design were made on Apple hardware and Apple software: Final Cut Studio, and Logic Pro. Visual effects were made in Adobe After Effects. The sounds from the set were not used. The voices of three male characters - the Father, the Guest, the Son - was performed by the Kiev actor Vitaly Linetsky. The sound design of the film was performed by well-known Ukrainian musician and TV showman - Miroslav Kuvaldin. The final edition of the sound was made by Igor Podolchak and Igor Durych in 2011.
Music
The score was written and performed by Alexander Schetinsky. Initially, the director and composer planned to use the traditional musical genre Dies irae, which is part of the Catholic Mass. Were written six completed instrumental parts, named according to the sections of the Latin mass: Dies irae, Quantus tremor, Mors stupebit, Ingemisco, Tuba mirum, Lacrimosa.
The composer limited himself to the means of the symphony orchestra and did not use any text or vocals. The music does not contain direct illustrations, and, in particular, thanks to avant-garde style techniques, paradoxically combined with names, appealing to the surrealism principles, which fully corresponded to the aesthetics of the film. However, during the work the authors decided to use only two musical parts - Mors stupebit at the beginning of the film (initial titles) and Dies irae on the final credits.[7]
During the unfolding of the film, music does not sound at all. Thanks to this, the initial and final musical fragments acquired additional dramatic significance: an introduction to the "problematic" of the film (the effect of tuning on the corresponding aesthetic "wave") and a semantic generalization.
Developing the themes set in his first film Las Meninas, Podolchak in Delirium somewhat modifies the "family" structure - introduces into the hermetic nightmare the "other" character - the person from the side. But this "stranger" (the main character is the Psychiatrist, a kind of heir to the narrator from The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe) shows himself not as an alien body. His invasion does not cause any changes in the "family organism". The family absorbs the "alien", turning him into a full participant of a strange game, the exit of which does not exist.[8]
From the point of view of cinematic genres, more accurately subgenres, Delirium can be attributed to the so-called "stories about the house with no way out" or "stories of houses with ghosts." From the films of the first category, the closest is Singapore Sling and See You in Hell, My Darling by Nikos Nikolaidis. From the films of the second category, you can, for comparison, recall The House on Telegraph Hill by Robert Wise and The Others by Alejandro Amenábar. But unlike the films by Wise and Amenabar, in Podolchak's Delirium the spectator encounters the concept of "erroneous suspense" when the director seems to create an atmosphere of anxious anticipation, but these premonitions of something terrible are being destroyed by the characters' inadequate reaction on them.
Suspense, performed by Podolchak, is self-destructing. It has no point of view "from the outside", there is no coordinate of "normality", relating to which the viewer is able to oppose herself/himself to screen suspense. The viewer becomes this obscurity. Thus Podolchak provokes a feeling of acute claustrophobia[9] - there is no way out from Podolchak's "home-world". The spectator, like the characters, does not know is there anything beyond the boundaries of the place where she/he is at the moment. Since "this moment" has the ability to loop, then the flight "from here" becomes simply impossible.
Award and Nominations
Award
2013 - First Prize. Baghdad International Film Festival, Iraq[10]
Nominations
2013 - Best Director Award. Fantasporo, 33rd Oporto International Film Festival. Porto, Portugal[11]
2013 - National Ukrainian Film Award". Odessa International Film Festival. Ukraine[12]
2013 - Prize. Tirana International Film Festival. Albania
Literature and sources
International Film Guide 2010: the definitive annual review of world cinema, edited by Haydn Smith. 46th Edition. London & New York: Wallflower Press, 2010, p. 298 ISBN978-1-906660-38-3
Nogueira, C. Fantasporto 2013 - dia 4, O Cinéfilo Invertebrado 05.03.201. Retrieved March 22, 2013
«В Португалии состоится мировая премьера украинского фильма «Delirium», 20хвилин[permanent dead link], 20 лютого, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013
«Игорь Подольчак: „Я хотел сделать фильм-бред“», [1]. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (in Russian)
Белянский, Д. , Art Ukraine, 5(24) вересень-жовтень. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (in Russian)
Институт Горшенина. Мировая премьера украинского фильма DELIRIUM. LB.ua, 27 лютого 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (in Russian)
Олтаржевська, Л. У мене зараз інші пензлики. Україна молода, No. 030 за 26.02.2013. Retrieved March, 2013 (in Ukrainian)
Підгороа-Ґвяздовский, Я. Художник і режисер Ігор Подольчак: «Свій новий фільм знімаю лише за власні гроші» «Дзеркало тижня», No. 37 (765) 3 — 9 жовтня 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (in Ukrainian)
Підгора-Ґвяздовський, Я. Фільтр для марень, Український тиждень. 1 жовтня, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (in Ukrainian)
Підгора-Ґвяздовський, Я. Таблетка деліріуму 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Що. 1-2, январь-февраль, 2012, стор. 22-31. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (in Ukrainian)
Філатов, А. "Своїм фільмом "Delirium" хочу роздратувати глядача" - режисер Ігор Подольчак. Gazeta.ua, 22.02.2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (in Ukrainian)
Що дивитися: нові українські фільми/DELIRIUM // Inspired — 17 жовтня 2014 (in Ukrainian)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delirium (film).
^Filmotechnik Awards 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2013(in Russian)
^02/27 / 190761_mirovaya_premera_ukrainskogo_filma.html World premiere of DELIRIUM, lb.ua. Retraived on March 22, 2013
^Підгороа-Ґвяздовский, Я. Фільтр для марень, Український тиждень, 1 октября, 2010, Retrieved April 1, 2013(in Ukrainian)
^Купінська, А. Сьомий день Одеського фестивалю: перші підсумки, непрості фільми Кіри Муратової та Ігоря Подольчака. life.pravda.com.ua, 20.07.2013 Retrieved September 20, 2013(in Ukrainian)
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Delirium is a 2013 Ukrainian psychological drama film produced and directed by Ihor Podolchak premiered in Director s Week Competition in Fantasporto Portugal 2013 2 awarded with the First Prize 3 at Baghdad International Film Festival 2013 DeliriumTheatrical release posterDirected byIhor PodolchakWritten byIhor PodolchakProduced byIhor PodolchakIhor DyurychTamara PodolchakLiliya MlynarychStarringVolodymyr KhimyakLesya VoynevychPetro RybkaCinematographyMykola YefymenkoEdited byIhor PodolchakMusic byAlexander ShchetynskyProductioncompaniesMF FilmsPodolchak FilmsPaulus von LembergDistributed byIhor PodolchakRelease dateMarch 4 2013 2013 03 04 Fantasporto Running time96 100 minutesCountryUkraineLanguageUkrainianBudget850 000 1 Delirium is the second Podolchak feature film The screenplay is based on the novel Inductor by Ukrainian writer Dmytro Belyansky Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Interpretations 6 Award and Nominations 7 Literature and sources 8 External links 9 ReferencesPlot EditA family asks a young psychiatrist to be their guest for a while and help look after their father who s developed a suicidal fixation for ropes and knots among other things It is also entirely possible that the mental health of the guest that is the real cause for concern Cast Edit Mykola Yefymenko DOP Ihor Podolchak and Lesya Voynevych Mother at the movie set 2008 Volodymyr Khimyak as Guest Psychiatrist Lesya Voynevych as Mother Petro Rybka as Father Professor Olha Horbach as Daughter Olha Bakus as Maid Vasyl Kostenko as Son Son in Law Ivan Kostenko as PriestProduction EditWork on the script had begun in the spring of 2008 and was completed on the eve of filming The director s development and preparatory period were financially supported by the Hubert Balls Foundation The Netherlands In search of locations for filming the film group carried out a long expedition on the Carpathians and Transcarpathians of Ukraine The first stage of filming took place from August 1 to September 15 2008 in the suburbs of Lviv Briukhovychi and Horodok the second stage was held in Kyiv in late 2009 early 2010 In total The shooting was conducted on a digital Red One camera Almost the whole film with the exception of the first and last scene was shot with the help of the Tilt Shift lenses which made it possible to create a specific image with uneven focus distribution along the frame plane and various geometric distortions of the frame content In the scene which was filmed in Gorodok church an Oscar winning Garmoshka crane 4 and a gyrostabilized panoramic head Flight Head 5 of the renowned 6 Ukrainian company Filmotechnik were used Editing color correction and sound design were made on Apple hardware and Apple software Final Cut Studio and Logic Pro Visual effects were made in Adobe After Effects The sounds from the set were not used The voices of three male characters the Father the Guest the Son was performed by the Kiev actor Vitaly Linetsky The sound design of the film was performed by well known Ukrainian musician and TV showman Miroslav Kuvaldin The final edition of the sound was made by Igor Podolchak and Igor Durych in 2011 Music EditThe score was written and performed by Alexander Schetinsky Initially the director and composer planned to use the traditional musical genre Dies irae which is part of the Catholic Mass Were written six completed instrumental parts named according to the sections of the Latin mass Dies irae Quantus tremor Mors stupebit Ingemisco Tuba mirum Lacrimosa The composer limited himself to the means of the symphony orchestra and did not use any text or vocals The music does not contain direct illustrations and in particular thanks to avant garde style techniques paradoxically combined with names appealing to the surrealism principles which fully corresponded to the aesthetics of the film However during the work the authors decided to use only two musical parts Mors stupebit at the beginning of the film initial titles and Dies irae on the final credits 7 During the unfolding of the film music does not sound at all Thanks to this the initial and final musical fragments acquired additional dramatic significance an introduction to the problematic of the film the effect of tuning on the corresponding aesthetic wave and a semantic generalization Interpretations Edit Still Like in his first film Las Meninas Deliriu appeals to the intricate family sagas which appear in the novels by Witold Gombrowicz Milorad Pavic and Bruno Schulz Unlike the sagas Luchino Visconti The Damned or Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander Podol chak avoids narrative but everything happens outside the space time continuum with a focus on psychological states His characters are arbitrary which is emphasized by archetypal names Father Mother Daughter Developing the themes set in his first film Las Meninas Podolchak in Delirium somewhat modifies the family structure introduces into the hermetic nightmare the other character the person from the side But this stranger the main character is the Psychiatrist a kind of heir to the narrator from The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe shows himself not as an alien body His invasion does not cause any changes in the family organism The family absorbs the alien turning him into a full participant of a strange game the exit of which does not exist 8 From the point of view of cinematic genres more accurately subgenres Delirium can be attributed to the so called stories about the house with no way out or stories of houses with ghosts From the films of the first category the closest is Singapore Sling and See You in Hell My Darling by Nikos Nikolaidis From the films of the second category you can for comparison recall The House on Telegraph Hill by Robert Wise and The Others by Alejandro Amenabar But unlike the films by Wise and Amenabar in Podolchak s Delirium the spectator encounters the concept of erroneous suspense when the director seems to create an atmosphere of anxious anticipation but these premonitions of something terrible are being destroyed by the characters inadequate reaction on them Suspense performed by Podolchak is self destructing It has no point of view from the outside there is no coordinate of normality relating to which the viewer is able to oppose herself himself to screen suspense The viewer becomes this obscurity Thus Podolchak provokes a feeling of acute claustrophobia 9 there is no way out from Podolchak s home world The spectator like the characters does not know is there anything beyond the boundaries of the place where she he is at the moment Since this moment has the ability to loop then the flight from here becomes simply impossible Award and Nominations EditAward 2013 First Prize Baghdad International Film Festival Iraq 10 Nominations 2013 Best Director Award Fantasporo 33rd Oporto International Film Festival Porto Portugal 11 2013 National Ukrainian Film Award Odessa International Film Festival Ukraine 12 2013 Grand Prix Zerkalo Tarkovsky International Film Festival Ples Russia 13 2013 Prize Tirana International Film Festival AlbaniaLiterature and sources EditInternational Film Guide 2010 the definitive annual review of world cinema edited by Haydn Smith 46th Edition London amp New York Wallflower Press 2010 p 298 ISBN 978 1 906660 38 3 Nogueira C Fantasporto 2013 dia 4 O Cinefilo Invertebrado 05 03 201 Retrieved March 22 2013 V Portugalii sostoitsya mirovaya premera ukrainskogo filma Delirium 20hvilin permanent dead link 20 lyutogo 2013 Retrieved March 7 2013 Igor Podolchak Ya hotel sdelat film bred 1 Retrieved July 18 2012 in Russian Belyanskij D Igor Podolchak Zerkalo dlya Ya Art Ukraine 5 24 veresen zhovten Retrieved July 18 2012 in Russian Institut Gorshenina Mirovaya premera ukrainskogo filma DELIRIUM LB ua 27 lyutogo 2013 Retrieved March 7 2013 in Russian Oltarzhevska L U mene zaraz inshi penzliki Ukrayina moloda No 030 za 26 02 2013 Retrieved March 2013 in Ukrainian Pidgoroa Gvyazdovskij Ya Hudozhnik i rezhiser Igor Podolchak Svij novij film znimayu lishe za vlasni groshi Dzerkalo tizhnya No 37 765 3 9 zhovtnya 2009 Retrieved July 18 2012 in Ukrainian Pidgora Gvyazdovskij Ya Filtr dlya maren Ukrayinskij tizhden 1 zhovtnya 2010 Retrieved July 18 2012 in Ukrainian Pidgora Gvyazdovskij Ya Tabletka deliriumu Archived 2013 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Sho 1 2 yanvar fevral 2012 stor 22 31 Retrieved July 18 2012 in Ukrainian Filatov A Svoyim filmom Delirium hochu rozdratuvati glyadacha rezhiser Igor Podolchak Gazeta ua 22 02 2013 Retrieved March 7 2013 in Ukrainian Sho divitisya novi ukrayinski filmi DELIRIUM Inspired 17 zhovtnya 2014 in Ukrainian External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delirium film Delirium at IMDb Most Popular Neo Noir Feature Films Released In 2013 on Internet Movie Database Most Popular Ukrainian Language Feature Films on Internet Movie Database Delirium on Facebook Delirium Full Movie on YouTube Delirium Trailer 1 on YouTube Delirium Trailer 2 on YouTube Delirium Press Kit on issuu Delirium Script and Documentation on issueExternal video ClipReferences Edit Podolchak s Interview YouTube Retrieved March 7 2013 in Russian Fantasporto 2013 Director s Week Competition permanent dead link IMDb Retrieved March 6 2013 Baghdad International Film Festival Filmotechnik Garmoshka Crane Retrieved July 14 2018 Filmotechnik Flight Head Retrieved July 14 2018 Filmotechnik Awards Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 29 2013 in Russian 02 27 190761 mirovaya premera ukrainskogo filma html World premiere of DELIRIUM lb ua Retraived on March 22 2013 Pidgoroa Gvyazdovskij Ya Filtr dlya maren Ukrayinskij tizhden 1 oktyabrya 2010 Retrieved April 1 2013 in Ukrainian Kupinska A Somij den Odeskogo festivalyu pershi pidsumki neprosti filmi Kiri Muratovoyi ta Igorya Podolchaka life pravda com ua 20 07 2013 Retrieved September 20 2013 in Ukrainian Baghdad International Film Festival Fantasporto 2013 Director s Week Competition IMDb Archived 2013 04 24 at the Wayback Machine Odessa International Film Festival Archived 2013 07 21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 29 2013 Zerkalo Tarkovsky International Film Festival Archived 2013 10 21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 29 2013 Portals Ukraine Film Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Delirium 2013 film amp oldid 1113986282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
