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In Reply to: Warm memories of Talk to Her posted by Victor Khomenko on September 27, 2005 at 11:27:02:
lists so don't think of it as a "best" of) to post a short list of "must see/excellent/favorite" Russian films. I think most of us would appreciate it. You could skip Eisenstein and Tarkovsky films as they're so well known, already, as well as "War and Peace."
I just got Netflix membership so I'm now ready to begin my journey through worthwhile international films.
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I have done so already several times before, but here goes, in no particular order. I am sure I will forget some, but this would give you a good start.Bondarchuk - War and Peace. A must. I know you said skip it, but it is still worth mentioning, I think.
Georgy Danelia - "Ne Goriui", "Mimino", "Osennii Marafon"
Alexandr Sokurov - Russian Ark
Alexandr Askoldov - Komissar - an incredeible masterpiece!
Sergei Paradjanov - "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" or "The Color of Pomegranates"
Nikita Mikhalkov - Burnt by the Sun
Piotr Mamonov - Taxi Blues
Iosif Khejfits - The Lady with the Dog
Vladimir Motyl - "White Desert Sun" - a wonderful action film, a Soviet "Western" if you will.
Alexei Batalov - Shinel
Tengiz Abuladze - Repentance
Vassili Pitchul - Little Vera
Alexandr Zarkhi - Anna Karenina
Alexandr Rogozhkin - The Cuckoo
Yuri Mamin - Okno v Parizh, or any other
Add to this the recently reviewed "Shiza" - it is Kazakh, but still, close.
Gorod Zero
"House of Fools" is incredible too.
Vodetil' Dlia Very
Brilliantovaia Ruka (Diamond Arm), Zigzag Udachi, Garazh - all three by the same director.
The Cranes are Flying and Ballad of a Soldier are two good war films.
Come and See - a highly contraversial later year war film that some went ga-ga over.
Vozvraschenie (Return) is incredible.
"A Zori Zdes' Tikhie" is another great war film, very human.
"The Karamazov Brothers" and "Crime and Punishment" in particular, are heavy, and are for the most serious viewers. Deeply philosophical and slow...
"Beregis' Avtomobilia"
"Kakaia Divnaia Igra" - absolutely interesting.
Any film by Mark Zakharov you can get.
"Seventeen Moments of Spring" - a wonderful WWII spy mini-series film, quite well done and acted.
Parad Planet - !!!!!
Po Glavnoi Ulitse s Orkestrom - !!!!!!
Zemlia Obetovannaia - !!!!!
Beg
But of course you could simply dump here the Netflix Russian selection, and I could make more pertinent recommendations based on what they have.
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I hope Netflix has most of these. I've heard of only a few. In fact, I can't think (maybe it was a Cold War thing) of any Russian film festivals in this country, I've never seen any advertised.
Netflix is a great resource for the film buff... I've been in heaven these first weeks, with lots of great French, Italian, Brazilian, etc. films ahead.
I wonder if there's a similar service in Europe?
Well, it is indeed great, but after a few months we are at the bottom of the barrel, unfortunately. But of course they keep adding, so there is hope.Patrick says there is no comparable service in his part of the world, so the poor guy has to buy all those good films he wants to see.
I'm sure he'd have plenty of classics from which to choose?
I'm always amazed at the variety of film offerings in NYC. Perhaps Chicago or Philly have similar situations (and Boston?), but the drop-off after that is amazing.
The last article on the subject I saw several years ago said that only a few (in a country of 280 millions!) commercial theaters still existed that showed classic, independent, and foreign films.
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