The four-stage eight-part biographical film is also so good-looking

Katrine 2022-01-24 08:05:36

Feelings about this film probably stemmed from the resonance with the protagonist’s growth process. Regardless of his bad temper, Relyyev spent his days with a group of sisters and mother in the family because of his father’s military service when he was young. Perhaps because of this, I was impressed by the various postures of women. After a theater observation, he embarked on the road of dance and incorporated the beauty of women into the performance, creating a new style of dance for male ballet dancers.

In the film, the protagonist laughed with his Slavic friends living in Paris and talked about the experience of the painter Rembrandt on the way back to the dormitory after the dawn. He encouraged himself: nine brothers and sisters in the family-pioneering In the new style of painting, the square in the morning is empty, the slate floor is stained with dew, and the classical buildings are stretched out in the open view. After that, the young ballerina also went out step by step.

Be intimate with people of different genders and ages, and socialize with Shuya's heroine at the same time. Similar to many art-themed films, morality has become an unimportant topic, instead emphasizing stories, beauty, and passion for life; focusing on character shaping and the layout of growth trajectories. In order to stay in a place where he can innovate and dance at all costs, dare to challenge authority, and never stop until he achieves his goal, this is also an important reason for his artistic path in the end.

The tempo and narrative of the whole film are a bit strong. Rigorous, so some viewers criticized it for being too blunt. It’s funny that at first I thought that Relyev’s teacher Pushkin was the Russian poet. After searching for a while, I found the information. The teacher’s full name is Alexander Ivanovich Pushkin, not the poet’s Alexander Sergeyevich. Pushkin.

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The White Crow quotes

  • Rudolf Nureyev: I can live anywhere. Remember, I was born on a train. I feel I will never return to my country. But I may never be happy in yours.

  • [First Lines - dialogue entirely in Russian with English subtitles]

    Interrogator: You knew.

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: No.

    Interrogator: You knew what he was planning to do.

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: No.

    Interrogator: You're saying he never spoke of defection?

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: The subject never came up.

    Interrogator: He never spoke of it?

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: Never.

    Interrogator: This is an attack on the Soviet Union.

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: No, It's about dance.

    Interrogator: Dance?

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: He knows nothing about politics. He's gone to the West because there he can dance.

    Interrogator: He could dance here.

    Aleksandr Ivanovich Pushkin: Yes, but... I think it's likely he had an explosion of character. That's who he is.