t-124 Earth (1930)
Aleksandr Dovzhenko's masterpiece of visual style has a storyline but I'll be damned if I know what it is so I'll save you the time of me trying to write what it's about. What the film does have is countless images that are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes mean and sometimes heartbreaking. The images displayed in this film are some of the most incredibly that I've ever seen and for that reason alone this is a film any buff should check out. I'm not sure if the film didn't have a story or if I didn't pick up on what but that's the main reason I can't give this a four star rating. Back to the visual images, the 72-minute running time flew by and my eyes were constantly watching everything that was going on even in its surreal nature. I think my favorite moment of the film was after the opening death scene. The music score and images we're seeing make a sudden jump and change in nature as we see the anguish of several people. These images here were very haunting and stayed in my mind for quite a while. The scene with the tombstones is also wonderfully done as is the ending with the rain and fruit.