Thread: Russian Movies

Da znayu! But I think of Tarkovsky (the director) as a poet aswell, whom expresses(ed) himself in cinema.

you forgot "иди и сматри" or "come and see". ballad of a soldier was a romantic comedy, and i luved ever bit of it. Great fuggin movie, made the moon monster teer up a bit when he (well i'm not gonna ruin it).

DON'T SEE THAT MOVIE (иди и смотри)! Unless you are sadistic and want to see the full horrors of WWII... Man, I still have nightmares!

lightweight

Hey, I am from North California, we are softies.

I don't want to see that stuff either. Thanks for the warning, Klink old boy.

Oh c'mon. Are you a man, or are you a mouse? Or are you a woman who gets scared and runs away when she sees a little cute furry white mouse with a short tail?

'Twas war, and 'tis a great film.

I won't even watch CSI.

my favorite films so far (in no specific order):

sibiriada (konshalovski)
anna (mikhalkov)
urga (mikhalkov)
oblomov (mikhalkov)
burnt by the sun (mikhalkov)
dersu uzala (kurosawa)
andrei rublev (tarkovski)
sajat nova (paradjanov)
horses of fire (paradjanov)
ashik kerib (paradjanov)
the killer (ormibaev)
ivan grozniy 1 (eisenstein)
aleksandr nevski (eisenstein)
the man with the movie camera (vertov)
aelita (protazanov)
kukushka (rogozhkin)

unfortunately, very few russian/soviet/cis films are available where i live (paris).

Originally Posted by possopo

unfortunately, very few russian/soviet/cis films are available where i live (paris).

You can order russian movies at ozon.ru

You can order russian movies at ozon.ru

Great, I bought солярис and зеркало long ago last time I went to Moscow, though on VHS, and now I ain't no videorecorder. What about DVD zones? Can I watch a Russian movie produced for the Russian market on my zone 2 dvd?

Originally Posted by Jca

What about DVD zones? Can I watch a Russian movie produced for the Russian market on my zone 2 dvd?

I don't know but you can ask here - http://www.ozon.ru/?context=mailmaster

Has anyone here seen "Свои"? There was an article about it in the paper, but having no other option but to buy it - was it any good?

theres only one russian film that i like( also because its the only one ive seen FDLMAO) and thats stalingrad, excelent depiction, fantastic in its production and it wasnt really pro to any side, just showing what it was like during the siege... apart from he sub titles, great film.

Saw Кукушка last night, good film. I also noticed The Return at the video store. It 's also a good movie (saw it in Moscow on TV). It seems the US is finally getting some Russian movies in the video rental stores.

Originally Posted by Jca

Can I watch a Russian movie produced for the Russian market on my zone 2 dvd?

I find it much easier to not mess with the DVDs. 95% of my Russian video library is VCD from the market or BitTorrent.

theres only one russian film that i like( also because its the only one ive seen FDLMAO) and thats stalingrad, excelent depiction, fantastic in its production and it wasnt really pro to any side, just showing what it was like during the siege... apart from he sub titles, great film.

"Stalingrad" is German film

nightwatch RULES!!!! that film came over in english cinema, but it was all in russian (thank the powers above for subtitles!) lol.
that film is great. anyone else got any good russian films in mind for me to see? (preferably ones that explain/show some russian culture)

Originally Posted by Zhenya

I am a big Andrei Tarkovsky fan!

Nostalghia, Mirror, Andrei Rublev and Stalker are some of the finest works of cinema that i've seen.

Finally someone who has the right opinion!!!

I have seen Nostalghia and Zerkalo about 3-4 times in whole....

Tarkovsky was a great poet, artist and thinker. With Tarkovsky cinema reaches the level of art in this otherwise "abused" genre.

Ditto

Havent seen Andrei Rublev yet though.

Originally Posted by Jca

You can order russian movies at ozon.ru

Great, I bought солярис and зеркало long ago last time I went to Moscow, though on VHS, and now I ain't no videorecorder. What about DVD zones? Can I watch a Russian movie produced for the Russian market on my zone 2 dvd?

Some of the DVDs are produced all-zone, but in any case you should get yourself a multizone player. Most of the players (especially not major brands) can be easily hacked to play all zones. Just google for your player model... A popular non expensive player in Canada that plays pretty much everything (after a very simple hack) is Philips DVP642, but now there are many more even cheaper players.