"Как я провел этим летом" combines painting-like photography and brilliant performances. The film has an "anti-plot" creative tendency, and it is this creative method that weakens the plot and dilutes contradictions and conflicts, which makes the film a rare artistic masterpiece. The theme of the film is loneliness, which is similar to the overall temperament of the film
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The environment of the background of the story is frozen and generally progresses slowly, and then suddenly a high level of tension erupts through the clever performance techniques. Unexpectedly, the film did not use the soul-symbolizing gimmicks or primitive belief symbols that often appear in Russian art films. The film is just an exploration of the fragility of human nature
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Pavel and Sergey represent the young and old respectively. Their contradiction symbolizes the misunderstanding, distrust and difficulty in communication between people of two different ages. Interpreting this grand theme with two lonely characters is obviously a great risk. The biggest problem lies in the film's too slow rhythm and scattered plot. The original intention of the director was to give the audience more time and space to think about the problems Pavel and Sergey were facing, and to appreciate their environment and their respective psychological changes. However, the audience had long been lost in the film’s many aimless tentacles and continued to watch. Patience and interest
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