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Mood:
- AtmosphericStylizedCaptivating
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Plot:
- Culture ClashHaunted By the PastTime TravelRevolutionArtists and ShowbizLifestyle
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodForeignExperimentalFantasyHistorical
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century20th Century
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Place:
- Museum
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- EpicEpisodic
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Look:
- Digital Video
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Russian Ark, 2002
Russian
Russia, Germany
Profile of Russian Ark
Russian Ark can be described as atmospheric, stylized, and captivating. The plot revolves around culture clash, being haunted by the past, and a revolution. The main genres are drama, foreign, and period. In terms of style, Russian Ark is experimental, is episodic, and is epic. In approach, it is serious. The storytelling is slow paced. Russian Ark takes place in the 19th century and in the 20th century. Visually, it involves digital video effects. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Russian Ark
A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, Russian Ark is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras, the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum, examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike plot. A cast of 867 actors supply the action of the film, whether dancing the mazurka in a lively ballroom, performing a military salute, or watching a theater performance. The Marquis (Sergey Dreiden), an aged but limber European dressed in solid black, is the film's charismatic guide, leading the narrator--who is the unidentified voice behind the camera--through each doorway and into each gallery in a sweeping tour of the Hermitage. While the Marquis interacts with some of the guests, debating about Italian art with a couple of Russian scholars, delighting over rich paintings by Rubens and Van Dyck with an angelic blind woman, taking a lively brunette for a spin on the dance floor, others do not see him. Even the narrator suspects that the Marquis is a ghost, long dead and wandering the Hermitage in a quest to better understand history. Time periods, indicated by style of dress, fluctuate between the 1700s and the present. Famous Russian figures, such as Peter the Great, Nicholas I, and Catherine the Great appear and then disappear, with no explanation of their roles. Between the Marquis and the narrator, confusion reigns. They are spectators and trespassers in this mysterious space, trying to find their way.
Details
| Language: | Russian |
| Country: | Russia, Germany |
| Release date: | 6 October 2002 |
| Runtime: | 99 min |
Cast and Crew
as The Stranger
as Catherine The Great
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
Time
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- by: Richard Corliss
Users Reviews
- 06.June.2010
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- by: may.graff
- may.graff rated this movie7/10Good
