THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: pgmatg on 04 Feb 2006, 15:20

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: pgmatg on 04 Feb 2006, 15:20

Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema?
If you are, what are your favorite Russian movies (http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/dir.htm)?
My favorites:
comedies: Ordinary miracle,
Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
The Diamond Arm, Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation,
Pokrov Gates, The Very Same Munhgauzen, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Twelve Chairs, Gentlemen of luck,
Hello, I am your aunt!
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures

dramas:
Solaris, Moscow does not Belive in Tears, The Mirror,
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
The Star of Fascinating Happiness,
Prisoner of the Mountains, The Thief, The Lover

Romance: Ordinary miracle, Irony of fate or with light steam!,
A Railway Station for Two, Moscow does not Belive in Tears,
A Cruel Romance, Business romance, I am Walking Along Moscow,
Wizards, Truffaldino from Bergamo

War: Alexander Nevsky,  Ballad of a Soldier, War,
Prisoner of the Mountains, Father of The Soldier,
100 Days Before The Command, Torpedo Bombers

Action: White Sun of the Desert, Brother

Horror: Viy or Spirit of Evil

History: Andrei Rublev, The Battleship Potemkin,
War and Peace, Ivan the Terrible, October, Russian Ark,
Strike, Cold Summer of 1953, Tchaikovsky

Musical Comedy or Costume Drama:
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Truffaldino from Bergamo,
Naval Cadets, Forward!

Sci-Fi: Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza,
Professor Dowell's Testament, Amphibian Man, Night Watch

Animation: Alice in Wonderland, The Secret of the Third Planet,
Adventures of captain Vrungel, Treasure Island,
Musicians of Bremen, Mowgli

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: Inlander on 04 Feb 2006, 17:19

I'm a big Tarkovsky fan, something that I share with (and really inherited from) my father.  Solaris is amazing, the Mirror is like a poem: you need to watch it over and over and just let the meaning reveal itself to you piece by piece.

One of my absolute favourite movies of all time is Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov.  Easily one of the best films of the 90s.

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: Jenno on 04 Feb 2006, 20:09

I've seen Night Watch. Does that count?

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: nescience on 05 Feb 2006, 13:11

Oh gosh, the only Russian movies I've seen are Battleship Potemkin and Avalon.  I should expand my Russian horizons!

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: Bunnyman on 05 Feb 2006, 17:59

I...er...want to see Stalker, Brother, Solaris, and Potemkin, if that counts.

And then there's Russian Ark.  Which is nifty, if pretentious as fuck.

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: Inlander on 05 Feb 2006, 19:31

Man, don't know how I forgot about Russian Ark.  That was technically an astonishing achievement - but as a piece of cinema, it left me a little cold.  Although the short scene during the siege of St. Petersburg in World War II I found very moving.

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: almost thursday on 08 Feb 2006, 08:37

burnt by the sun is absolutely mind-blowing, but is like the extent of my knowledge. i'll try download some of the stuff you suggested, tho - i'll let you know what i think if i'm succesful.

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: iamtheparty on 08 Feb 2006, 19:41

I've only ever seen Nightwatch. Which was stupidly ace. Even the subtitles were sexy!

Title: Russian Cinema
Post by: chupones on 08 Feb 2006, 20:44

In my book, you can't go wrong with Tarkovsky or Eisenstein.