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How is the Mirror doing, Patrick? Plus - Russian Ark... again...

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on March 18, 2004 at 05:50:45

It is dry season here...

But this morning my wife and I got into a heated discussion of Russian Ark... again.

She simply can't take Sokurov in any form or shape, I was trying to tell her there were some touching moments in the film.

I mentioned before that after visiting the Hermitage I came away walking wounded. There is no other place on Earth like that, and every visit is something that leaves the long lasting impression.

I love walking through its endless rooms aimlessly - you don't know what awaits you behind that turn, behind that door. And you feel such a sense of aw that it seems you are at the climax already, and yet then you come to Rembrandt room and you set the new level. The restored Danaya is on display in the main room now (she used to hang in a special separate guarded one), and the scar on her thigh is still too plainly visible. I guess I was expecting better job from the Hermitage conservatours, but teh damage was severe, of course, so it took them something like 15 years to restore it.

One scene I was telling my wife about was the two figures walking through the garden - that garden was built on the second floor, with special irrigation system, by order of Katherine the Great. I was lucky to visit during the time when it was all covered with snow, and staring at it from the window created an incredible influx of emotions.

As I was trying to convey it to Anya, she gave it some consideration, but she said Sokurov's role there was minor, as the setting spoke its own powerful language.

That is true to some degree, but I still am finding myself today softening my previous reaction to that film.

Did you see it?

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