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In Reply to: RE: Sokurov's, "Moloch." The best film I've seen about Hitler posted by Victor Khomenko on November 12, 2007 at 15:58:03
The beginning scenes of Eva exercising; the dinner; the picnic; the cleric and Adolph provided invaluable sight into worthless lives, without purpose except instant gratification. Long periods of tedium and exhaustion and then frenetic activity.
By de-mythologizing the beast, Sokurov has created a Hitler every bit as powerful as the historical image and yet, in so doing, he has robbed the man of his mystique, his larger-than-life persona, leaving a physically sick, egomaniacal, and horrid picture.
But that's too cerebral: I think the film works as art, as entertainment.
"Vasya" already was in my queue.
I have around 15 Russian films yet in it.
I didn't, by the way, find "The Second Circle" anti-humanist.
Rather, in the tender sentiments the young man showed his dead father, I saw the deepest human feelings. The scene where he adjusted his father's eyes was, to me, incredibly powerful.
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I haven't seen The Second Circle, but in your Russian binge, do not overlook this one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072231/
A Russian revolutionary super-hero, inspired no doubt by The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, with Nikita Mikhalkov playing one of the bad guys, and what a joy when he gets his justice!
He is a real scumbag, I mean - in real life... brown nosing Putin to no end, signing a petition to beg Putin to remain in power.
Anyway... not a bad action flick.
as the very entertaining, "Zhmurki," which I recommend for the fun factor. I have a "Train" film of his on my Netflix queue.
I'll try and find your suggested film: I'd guess he's not the director?
He WAS the director of that one.
But I can't stand his face any longer. "Train"? Never heard of that one... you sure it is his?
asd
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