A non-professional essay film review

Tillman 2022-03-21 09:02:52

After watching it in one breath, I expressed my great hope that this movie can be released in VR (although I know it is impossible). This movie is ok, not only the legendary one shot to the end, but also the gorgeous scenery, and it also has connotations. From the most simple character dialogues in each scene, to the four characters who seem to have a story, the man who seems to be looking for something... Every character has a story. And the queen who started running slowly in the snow, switching from a group of girls like angels to the last meal, the woman talking to the painting (you can check the story of the painting) ... alone from the beginning , to the encounter of "Europe", the collision of two people's cultural thoughts, from "Europe" to "me" when the story happened later, you can feel the sadness of "Europe". From the first modern showroom where you can communicate with other people, "me" and my friend are very modern, "Europe" quarrels with everyone there, and it can be seen that he has a problem with "what happened later" Things are emotionally unstable. Sure enough, at the end, "I lost it", and the two had a very classic dialogue: "Let's go." "Where?" "Where? Go forward. Go forward..." "Where are we? What can I find?" "Which side? I don't know." "I'll stay." "Farewell, Europe." "It's over." It can be seen that "Europe" is someone who lives in the past, and "I" always I want to keep moving forward. There is a passage of "Europe" in front of me. We always forget the past. And the next passage from a passerby girl, "Maybe you'll say that I grew up here, but I'm not exactly myself..." And from the beginning of the story, the guests enter the hall, to the end of the dance, and then to the outside of the door. The sea...not that it was particularly good, but I can say that the 99 minutes were not wasted. One star deducted is that this "long" movie can be very difficult and boring for some people who don't know much about history. There are also shades that are not very friendly to the eyes. Those who want to read it in one go, please drop eye drops in advance.

(Posted here because I can't write a short comment...)

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Extended Reading
  • Melissa 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    Great Russia? All I saw was the noble maggots writhing in their splendid coffins. Not to mention the Russian cinematic context, the great literary tradition, not even the Decembrists and the disintegration of the empire, empty gold and hopeless nostalgia. At that time, he was also in the Tuo style in Petersburg, and he was working hard in the basement.

  • Wilbert 2022-03-21 09:02:52

    The director's ambition. The technical difficulty of this film is so great that it can win the Best Director Award, huh, huh. The film intersperses the history and present of Russia through the subjective lens of one person and a stranger playing in the Hermitage Museum, while also making a cultural comparison between Russia and the rest of Europe.

Russian Ark quotes

  • Alla Osipenko: This painting and I; we have a secret.

  • The Stranger: Let's proceed with caution. These madmen could eat us.

    The Time Traveller: They liked your hair.

    The Stranger: Of course, I'm a writer. Writer's always have good hair.