i saw russian ark today. and it's a great movie. i think. kinda went over my head - my being unfamiliar with russian history and all. the thought that repeatedly kept going thru my head was "sir, will this be on the test?". perhaps i am being too hard on myself as the movie doesn't have a conventional narrative, more of a dream/fantasy sequence - so perhaps it is less that i don't *get* it than there really isn't anything to *get* and the point is to immerse oneself in the images. visually it is dazzling and technically a wonder - filmed 90+ minutes without a camera cut...
Posted by Mike at November 27, 2004 10:16 PM