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08-02-2005, 09:22 AM
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MORE DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #240 - The Films of ALEKSANDR SOKUROV
Rank 'em, Rate 'em, Review 'em, whatever
Volume #240 - Aleksandr Sokurov
Solntse (2005)
Father and Son (2003)
Russian Ark (2002)
Telets (2001)
Elegy of a Voyage (2001)
Dolce (2000)
Moloch (1999)
The Knot (1999)
"Povinnost" (1998) (mini) TV Series
Mother and Son (1997)
Hubert Robert. A Happy Life (1996)
Oriental Elegy (1996)
... aka Eastern Elegy
Spiritual Voices (1995)
Whispering Pages (1993)
The Stone (1992)
The Second Circle (1990)
Leningradskaya retrospektiva (1990)
Prostaya elegiya (1990)
Peterburgskaya elegiya (1989)
Sonata dlya Gitlera (1989)
Soviet Elegy (1989)
Save and Protect (1989)
Altovaya sonata. Dmitriy Shostakovich (1988)
The Days of Eclipse (1988)
Maria (1988)
Mournful Unconcern (1987)
... aka Anaesthesia Psychica Dolorosa
... aka Mournful Insensibility
And Nothing More (1987)
The Moscow Elegy (1987)
The Lonely Human Voice (1987)
Terpenie. Trud (1987)
The Evening Sacrifice (1987)
Elegiya (1985)
Razzhalovannyy (1980)
Leto Marii Voynovoy (1975) (TV)
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
The Guard From Underground - C / Halloween (2007) - B-
Retribution - B / Frontiers - C
The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 09:32 AM
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Sokurov is the most important and internationally recognized modern Russian filmmaker. His films are often dreamlike, concerned with time, emotional truths, and states of being, not unlike his predecessor, Andrei Tarkovsky.
1. Mother and Son - A (Beautifully filmed in a lush, misty landscape, the film explores the emotional bonds and conflicts between mothers and sons)
2. Russian Ark - A (Famous for its single, unbroken shot, this film explores Russian history and an art museum's purpose as a repository and preserver of man's achievements.)
3. Father and Son - B+ (A more straightforward film than Mother and Son (it even has subplots!), this film uses an urban setting to examine the conflicts and stresses inherent in the father/son relationship.)
Own: 0 (The Mother and Son DVD isn't very good, don't know why I haven't bought Russian Ark)
Would like to see more of his work, but other than Moloch, it isn't readily available.
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
The Guard From Underground - C / Halloween (2007) - B-
Retribution - B / Frontiers - C
The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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08-02-2005, 09:40 AM
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Never heard of, never seen.
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| not unlike his predecessor, Andrei Tarkovsky |
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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08-02-2005, 03:44 PM
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Ratings from  to
Alexandra (2007)
Elegy of Life. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. (2006)
The Sun (2005)
Father and Son (2003)
Russian Ark (2002)
Taurus (2001)
Elegy of a Voyage (2001)
Dolce (2000)
Moloch (1999)
The Knot (1999)
Confession: From the Diary of a Ship Commander - A Cinematic Narrative in Five Parts (1998)
Mother and Son (1997)
Hubert Robert. A Happy Life (1996)
Oriental Elegy (1996)
Spiritual Voices: From the Diaries of War - A Narration in Five Episodes (1995)
Whispering Pages (1993)
The Stone (1992)
The Second Circle (1990)
Leningradskaya retrospektiva (1990)
Prostaya elegiya (1990)
Peterburgskaya elegiya (1989)
Sonata dlya Gitlera (1989)
Soviet Elegy (1989)
Save and Protect (1989)
Altovaya sonata. Dmitriy Shostakovich (1988)
The Days of Eclipse (1988)
Maria (1988)
Mournful Unconcern (1987)
And Nothing More (1987)
Moscow Elegy (1987)
The Lonely Human Voice (1987)
Terpenie. Trud (1987)
The Evening Sacrifice (1987)
Elegiya (1985)
Razzhalovannyy (1980)
Leto Marii Voynovoy (1975) (TV)
Seen 11
Own 0
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5
Last edited by Bill McA : 09-14-2007 at 12:59 AM.
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08-02-2005, 05:03 PM
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Never heard of him. Though I did hear of Russian Ark, haven't seen it.
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08-02-2005, 08:53 PM
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Have only seen "Father and Son" thus far which I wasn't too crazy about. Have "Russian Ark" in my "to watch" pile.
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09-10-2005, 01:52 AM
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