Rome greeted him with the drunken whisper of fountains. Vladimir, a man with a face that looked like it had been cut out of the evening news, sat at Trevi's, drinking espresso that cost as much as a barista's daily salary. He's tired. Not from cameras or microphones, but from himself - from the voice that had flowed out of him for years like water from a rusty tap. “Truth”, “justice”, “greatness” - words that became coins thrown into dark water.

Late adolescence begins not where a person fails to grow up for too long, but where adult life itself turns out to be structured as an endless transit. Formally, everything has already happened: leaving, education, work, a different language, a different circle of people, a different coordinate system. The biography moves forward, sometimes even looks successful.

Modern Turkish screens are shrouded in the haze of the Ottoman syndrome - phantom series, where sultans cut Janissary knots with the scimitar of drama, and harems flicker like holograms of lost luster. Intrigues, conspiracies, executions, war and politics, love. Everything is as it should be in pseudo-historical films, where every camera turn is a milestone.

time\_a lės Oleg Oleg honestly says everything is quite clear ѧ I've been watching the same Italian film without a sound for the second hour the man with glasses is out of my mind ѥhim walking on water reminds me again and again of tears you have water under your tongue, I have water in your lungs, laughing, laughing, we're quiet, Oleg, we're sick, seriously, we're not welcome, we're not vaccinated, we're burning, and the second layer is the papa of the papa, I know Oleg.

Three "philosophers", one bar and an attempt to crack the code of reality Scene: bar, half full or half empty, depending on the mood. On the wall is a poster of Neil Armstrong with the caption “He was the first, even if he wasn’t.” Behind the counter is a star chart with the Moon labeled “Area 51-bis.” Characters: — Venya (alcoholic with a notebook with cognac stains instead of notes).

The article was published in the journals “Ideas and Ideals” (DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2024-16.4.2-387-403) and “Kosovorot” (https://kosovorot.ru/article/ontologiya-ieroglifa-v-filosofii-kinoobraza-sergeya-eyezenshteyna-i-andreya-tarkovskogo). The photograph shows the work “Journey from the Desert” from a special exhibition of contemporary calligraphic art at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art.

The article was published in the journal “Philosophical Anthropology” (DOI: 10.21146/2414-3715-2023-9-2-25-39) The photograph shows a bust of Jacques Lacan for sale on Etsy.com.