Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews eISSN: 2395-6518, Vol 7, No 5, 2019, pp 474-480 https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.7554 SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE URBAN CINEMA ENVIRONMENT AS A SEARCH FOR IDENTITY Serik Erzhanovich Abishev1, Ainur Sauletzhanovna Taldybayeva2, Murat Kamashevich Bekkozhin3, Serik Syzdykovich Rysbekov4*, Ualikhan Tulenovich Karymsakov5 1, 3Department of Cinema and TV, T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh Academy of Arts, Kazakhstan, 2Department of Decorative and Applied Arts, T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh Academy of Arts, Kazakhstan, 4,5Department of Architecture, Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kazakhstan. Email: *
[email protected] Article History: Received on 28th August 2019, Revised on 30th September 2019, Published on 09th October 2019 Abstract Purpose of the study: The purpose of the present article is to study, generalize and determine the main tendencies in the spatial organization of the urban cinema environment of Kazakhstani cities within post-Soviet cinematographic materials in the context of searching for an identity notion and a general “urban myth” concept. Methodology: The objects of the study include films of post-restructuring cinema production and the image of a big city depicted in them, different from the stereotype prevailing in Soviet cinema, which was analyzed in the paradigm of creating a cinema environment in Kazakhstani films during the period of independence. For the careful examination of cinematographic artistic means, the study used hermeneutical, functional and comparative methods. Main findings: The results showed that the article dealt with the environment-forming and image-forming role of cinema in architecture, as well as with the interaction factors of arts in artistic culture and the spatial organization of the urban environment.