Maybe I should have called this tribe "Russian Symbolistic Cinema" or something along those lines... Alexander Sokurov (sokurov.spb.ru/island_en/mnp.html) is another director well worth mentioning. Unfortuately his work is rather difficult to access in the US :-( His movie Days of Eclipse is an amazing piece of art. Another fine example is Sergei Paradjanov (www.hal-pc.org/~questers/...ANOV.html).
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Fri, February 6, 2004 - 4:32 AMParadjanov's "Sayat Nova (The Color of Pomegranates)" is amazing.
If you haven't already, Nayeli, czech him out!!`';o)
It's like a kodacolor psychedelic Ukranian folktale of epic proportions, truly incredible stuff - prolly make you want to learn a Russian jig or two..
Cesar
p/s Thanks for the tip on Sokurov, I think Dean from dreamingant.com was telling me about him these are available for me to rent:
Mother and Son (Mat i Syn)
Russian Ark
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Wed, February 18, 2004 - 12:33 PMI totally agree about Paradjanov... I totally love his movie about the Suram Fortress. Mesmerizing beauty
Edwin
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Wed, February 18, 2004 - 12:39 PMp.s. I just bought Mother and Son on DVD, it's pure magic as far as I'm concerned. I have his Days of Eclipse on video, but unfortunately on VHS PAL... need to convert that some day soon!
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Mon, February 23, 2004 - 3:16 PMMaybe you guys already know about this site... www.rbcmp3.com
they seem to have every russian and former soviet title that's available, and they have many of them accessible via streaming.
i can only visit this site once a month, i spend way too much money there. luckily though i'll be in moscow next week and can stock up on movies there a little more cheaply :) -
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Tue, February 24, 2004 - 6:55 AMgreat site! have a wonderful time in moscow, and i agree, it's the perfect way to stock up :-) i have a whole bunch of tarkovsky movies, actually, all of them, i think... but they're all in vhs pal, from when i still lived in europe. thanks for the link!
Edwin
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Re: Alexander Sokurov
Tue, June 8, 2004 - 10:41 PMWhispering Pages, my all time fav sokoruv film! Based on 19th c. russian lit - gogol + dostoevsky mostly. Totally surreal and compelling suicide leaps.
