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I have never been a fan of silent films, and had to look up that director

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on March 5, 2010 at 06:53:11

In Reply to: "The greatest director you've never heard of." Easily, if you're a film buff, it's Russian Evgeny Bauer. posted by tinear on March 4, 2010 at 14:31:38:

I suspect his name will draw as many blank stares in Russia, so I might rent it, curious now.

In the meantime, Netflix has Quiet Flows the Don, and I think you will love the film, I was actually shocked, having seen it many times in my childhood, this experience was extremely profound. I am also quite surprised they made such a film in 1957, as it certainly draws much more sympathy to the "wrong" hero, and shows the Reds in far less than flattering light.

I drew the parallel between it and the Gone with the Wind, but in reality there is only a superficial one. Gone is pure Hollywood at its best/worse, and the Don is more in the Russian/Soviet tradition of movie making, which has always been much closer to life.

An absolute must see.

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