Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on July 31, 2006 at 06:23:17

In Reply to: Re: "The Rider Named Death", and my apology to a friend! posted by Rich Jura on July 30, 2006 at 10:11:09:

Hi Rich,

Sorry, can't tell you anything about the subs, as we had them turned off. And I do remember the series, but it was like a few centuries ago! So no good memory, unfortunately.

One interesting detail about the Rider... it was clear they filmed on a specially built location, as there are no such streets today in Moscow... then, two days ago, we started watching Dr. Zhivago, the latest Russian version, and sure enough there was the same environment, same streets, it was hard to miss that fact. In the credits they mentioned it was filmed on "Old Moscow" set, so apparently this is like that old cowboy movies town (forgot its name) where many Westerns were shot (not a pun)... it was built by the Mosfilm studio, so likely we will be seeing it in more movies.

BTW - of the three Dr. Zhivago films, this one is the closest to capturing the soul... the others were busy working on the plot line with some Hollywood finish. One area where this one excells, is in inclusion of the wonderful Pasternak poetry, which, understandably, was lost in the English versions, making them severely lacking in what Pasternak really was trying to do. The poetry is so important to the work and so beautiful it really changes the whole feel quite a bit.