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In Reply to: "Spirit of Evil" based on a Gogol story . . . posted by mr grits on September 23, 2006 at 18:08:53:
I remember that one vaguely, but the lead is a very good actor, and the girl is pretty.But I suspect this is not a movie for an American.
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and, of course, the cultural differences of the markets of the time play into it. Most movies do not play well after its time.
And given the cultural differences, only those films dealing with common human emotions translate well - taken from that perspective Viy was doomed from the start, I wonder why they even bothered releasing it here. Unless you have good feel for the Russian culture and Gogol's work it is bound to irritate you.I will probably add it to my Netflix queue.
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