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Sokurov, Tarkovsky, and Tarr are three directors you should ignore, then. nt

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: As beautiful a film as ever been filmed: Sokurov's, "Mother and Son." posted by jamesgarvin on December 06, 2007 at 14:41:12

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Thanks, Tin, keep posting the *Good* ones! - grinagog 16:45:50 12/07/07 (5)
the more Russian films I see, the more I feel compelled to visit there; a Russian friend I made recently from Pavarosk (sp?), inland from the port of Vladivostok, says her parents can still speak a little German; phrases like "Halten sie mir" ( Stay where you are ) and "Hande hoch!"
which quite surprises me, as she was born 40 years after WW2 ended
I've tried learning some Russian, but it seems much more difficult than Spanish or French
A Swiss friend, some years ago, drove his Toyota Landcruiser from Tokyo to Hokkaido, caught the ferry to Vladivostok and drove home from there to Berne, with Tokyo number plates. He was accompanied by his German father, who was one of the very few survivors of the 6th Armys defeat at Stalingrad
He posted the 'Cruisers numberplates back to me from Berne, so I could de-register the LandCruiser for him, and these were pretty bent and battered; it must have been *quite* a trip....
Grins

Edits: 12/08/07
- My grandfather did a "grand tour" of Russia back in the twenties: - tinear 05:42:45 12/08/07 (0)
  he had connections.
  Never quit speaking about the people, the strange beverage (vodka), the mountains of caviar, and the fairness of the women (he was Brasilian). His driver was Japanese and many Russians assumed he was a Mongol and spoke Russian to him.
- Humm, brings to mind... - mpathus 22:04:20 12/07/07 (3)
  ..."Enemy at the Gates".
  
  Think I'll pop it in the player...
  - NO, don't do it! Rather, get the "real" thing, "The Forty-First," - tinear 07:43:54 12/08/07 (2)
    Georg Chukhrai's film about a Russian sniper.
    Jude Law as a killer? I don't think so...
    - Thanks for the recomendation!... - mpathus 20:59:10 12/08/07 (1)
      ...Though I thought Ed Harris did some of his best work as Major Konig in "...Gates".
      Saved the film for me.
      
      Edits: 12/08/07 12/09/07
      - I've always thought that Ed was, at best, a - tinear 10:00:33 12/09/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Thanks for the recomendation!... posted by mpathus on December 08, 2007 at 20:59:10
        
        mediocre talent. Like "loyal" Hollywood journeymen of old, he lasted long enough to develop a familiarity with viewers but the ability, TO ME, is still pretty low.
        He just seems so hard to be trying, plus he looks like the old football jock he is.

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