When many movie lovers focus their attention on European and American movies, we tend to ignore Russia, a land of artistic treasures. Different from European and American films, Russian films have their own unique style. In fact, Russian films also occupy a very important place in the history of world cinema.
The Barber of Siberia is the first film after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union , and is currently the only film that has had its premiere at the Kremning Palace . Its director is the famous Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. As a director with a strong Russian style, Siberian Barber also shows us the diverse culture of Russia, and vividly expresses the passionate and direct character of the Russians on the screen. It has a Russian-style romanticism. The Barber of Siberia is such an implied love movie.
I think it's perfect in every way. Appreciate it as a love movie. It's based on a love story that happened in Russia in 1885. It tells an extreme, witty, and affectionate love story. Passionate and extreme way of love. One of the most impressive scenes is that the male protagonist Andre heard the voice of the heroine and the sound of horse hooves in the Siberian forest, and went crazy through the layers of forest just to take a look at the heroine. Although they passed by in the end, I know that you have come to me, and it is a happy ending. The protagonist's soulful eyes when he watched the female protagonist drive his horse away made one's heart tremble. You can throw everything away for love, even if you ruin the rest of your life, with such a profound love, how many such "warriors" still exist in this era?
But the Siberian barber is not just about love. Just as its name "Siberian Barber" is actually a machine that chops down trees, the director also expressed the sense of panic that people had over the rampant machines at the dawn of the industrial age. It is a metaphor for the destruction of Russian cultural traditions by the arrival of industrial civilization.
In addition, what impresses me in the film are the simple and beautiful emotions of the Russian soldiers who always value friendship and glory more than money and victory in war. Another classic scene in the film is when the hero Andrei is carried by a train When they went to the execution, the soldiers who saw them off sang the song of friendship on the platform of the station .
The narrative method of the film is also very interesting. Two timelines are interspersed and played. They are a love story in Russia in 1885, and a story about a recruit's obsession with Mozart music in an American boot camp in 1905. The audience may feel inexplicable when they see such two clips where the locations and characters seem to be irrelevant, but at the end of the film, the director reveals the necessary connection between the two timelines, which makes people realize that, Not only sighs the ingenious conception of the film.
The Barber of Siberia is such a film with a Russian soul. It can be called an epic work in the history of Russian film. Although the length of the film is nearly three hours, it is definitely a film that can be watched from start to finish.
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