Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on December 02, 2003 at 19:43:48

In Reply to: Overdone? posted by albee33 on December 02, 2003 at 19:35:03:

Too dark? I don't think so. Using the video term, the reality was blacker than black. I see it in the same category as Dr. Zivago - some bits of reality put in the artificial gold setting.

But I have to admit it - getting the feel for Russian history from these films is much better than not getting it at all.

Although I would really dream of someone like you getting and digging films like the "Heart of the Dog" - that one is like an encyclopedia of the post-revolutionary period, and incredibly well done... based on the Bulgakov's tremendous novel. Top-notch acting and witty text.

One of those films we never get tired of, and providing rich material for quotes, jokes and proverbs.