Alexander sokurov s extraordinary vision of filming russian ark in one uninterrupted take required extraordinary technical solutions. Aleksandr sokurovs days of eclipse screens august 22 in strange lands. Alexandre le bienheureux 1968 alexander, alexandre le bienheureux aka very happy alexander. In one breath is a documentary about the making of aleksandr sokurovs 2002 film russian ark, one of the dreamiest, most sublime movies ive ever experienced. It s a 96minute film shot in one take and, almost as amazingly, it seems impossibly effortless. The film has already gained acres of press coverage at least, for a new film by an auteur working in a foreign language owing to its boldly innovative formal structurea voyage through russian history, shot in st. Russian master alexander sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself.
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Sokurovs latest film, russkii kovcheg russian ark, 2002 carries the viewer on an everflowing stream of time and movement. Alexander markey and the making of hei tiki 1985 watch online download subtitles player. The result is a unique and intelligent film with sporadic moments of transcendent beauty that. Russian ark, a virtuoso tour of st petersburgs hermitage museum and its history, is probably sokurovs most accessible work. Alexander sokurov was born in 1951 in russia in the village of podorvikha irkutsk district. As impressive as it may be, it pales next to the logistical and artistic feat that is alexander sokurovs russian ark, a 2002 period piece of sortsor periods piece, rather, as it spans 300 years of russian historythat was shot in a single 96minute take with no hidden cuts or camera trickery. His most significant works include a feature film, russian ark 2002, filmed in a single unedited shot, and faust 2011, which was honoured with the golden lion, the highest prize for the best film at the venice film festival. But alexander sokurovs russian ark has every right to the claim. In russian ark, an unnamed narrator wanders through the winter palace in saint petersburg, and implies that he died in some horrible accident and is a ghost drifting through the palace. In one breath making of documentary hubert robert, a fortunate life short film by alexander sokurov theatrical trailer production notes. As it is physically impossible to record more than twelve continuous minutes of conventional film, they had to turn to video.
Alexander sokurovs russian ark 2002 includes a scene in which the qajar delegation from iran, led by khusrau mirza, offers an apology to tsar nicholas i for. Indeed, compared to many sokurov films, this one has an enlivening paradoxicality. The constantly moving camera glides from a close brush with the corpses genitals to. Petersburgthe repository of russian art and the former home to. The result is a unique and intelligent film with sporadic moments of transcendent beauty that fails to create a strong emotional connection. Oct 05, 2016 after the sumptuous russian ark, director aleksandr sokurov turns his gaze on the louvre by paul byrnes updated october 5, 2016 6. Alexander sokurov s russian ark 2003 is more than simply a tour of the state hermitage museum of saint petersburg. A web guide to the history found in russian ark, a film by. Sokurov who has enjoyed a long creative relationship with tarkovsky has discounted such comparisons, but certain similarities between their works remain indelible. Despite sokurovs assertion that the surface of the screen and that of the painters canvas are one and the same,9the dollying camera constantly challenges sokurovs stated aim of treating the screen as a flat surface rather than a threedimensional volume. We are pleased to welcome you to the website of alexander sokurov. Petersburg, russia, showing real works of art from 33.
A single extended shot, about a thousand actors and extras, three orchestras, history, fantasy, crowd scenes, ballroom scenes and then an hour into the movie a waiter drops a napkin, no cut, cant cut, camera flying down hallways and around corners. Alexander sokurovs spellbinding masterpiece russian ark is a multiaward winning film consisting of one unbroken camera shot that moves through st. Jul 01, 2010 theres a russian film, feature film, russian ark, aleksandr sokurov. After the sumptuous russian ark, director aleksandr. International scifi at the film society of lincoln center genre is the great friend of political allegory, particularly inside authoritarian states.
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Modern mass culture, aimed at consumers, is crippling peoples souls, the late andrei tarkovsky claimed. Russian ark by alexander sokurov alexander sokurov, sergei. Russian master alexander sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for this flabbergasting film. This website represents an attempt to gather and make available information on the creative work of an outstanding russian cinema director, whose name is associated with the search for a new language in cinema art. Making of russian ark 2002, with on camera personal views by members of the cast and crew of the major film. The internet provides many websites in english for those who want to know more about the logistics behind the films unique feat of cinematography, but very little specifically about the history and culture behind the film. Russian ark was, as sokurov has stated, an attempt to make a film in one breath. Sep 04, 20 alexander sokurovs film russian ark made in honor of saint petersburgs 300th anniversary presents the hermitages collection within a flood of local history, as colorfully costumed. Shot in one take on digital video, the film shows the museum from a firstperson point of view.
Secondly, it is a technical exercise in so far as it is a film made up of one continuous 96 minute long take. Russian ark by alexander sokurov alexander sokurov. After the sumptuous russian ark, director aleksandr sokurov. We are hoping this event draws a large crowd from all of the departments in the school for the. Russian arks aleksandr sokurov invades the louvre in. Petersburgs legendary hermitage museum and consists of one continuous 90minute shot that traverses 300 years of russian history. Thats not a very convincing argument of course, but i think that the best way to see this gorgeous film is with no preconceptions, with as little information as. Thirdly, it is a wistful apologia for the tsarist regime.
Nov 14, 2011 russian ark, a virtuoso tour of st petersburg s hermitage museum and its history, is probably sokurov s most accessible work. In one breath the making of russian ark biblioklept. Alexander sokurovs russian ark made in 2003 taking to members of the cast and crew of the major film. Russian master alexander sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for the flabbergasting russian ark. Jul 14, 2016 alexander sokurovs spellbinding masterpiece russian ark is a multiaward winning film consisting of one unbroken camera shot that moves through st. Petersburgs legendary hermitage museum and consists of one continuous 90minute shot that traverses 300. Filmed entirely in the state hermitage museum, in st. Shot in one long 96minute tracking shot with a cast of 2000 actors and extras, the film takes the viewer into the great hermitage collection in st. Russian ark 2x subtitles download movie and tv series. Firstly, it is a love letter to the winter palace now occupied by the russian state hermitage museum. Russian ark 2002 a visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, russian ark is alexsandr sokurovs spellbinding ode to st. Sprachen ov russisch sf deutsch untertitel deutsch, francais, english. The film is in the original russian with english subtitles.
Afrikaans catala deutsch espanol francais hrvatski. He renders it visually in francofonias most ambitiously staged. Alexander sokurov s extraordinary masterpiece, russian ark is a unique journey through time and russian history. Alexander sokurov biography, movie highlights and photos. Russian ark is a 2002 experimental historical drama film directed by alexander sokurov. In a single, unbroken shot lasting over 90 minutes, the viewer is swept not just through the breadth of the physical space but through hundreds of years of russian history, slipping back and forth in time as the unseen narrator the camera serves as. One of the most important directors in both russian and world cinema, alexander sokurov is considered by many to be the spiritual heir of the great andrei tarkovsky. Faust is a 2011 russian film directed by alexander sokurov. His father was a military officer, a veteran of world war ii.
Alexander sokurovs film russian ark is one of the most beautifully made films of the 21st century. Alexander sokurov the russian auteur and his faustian. Alexander sokurovs film russian ark made in honor of saint petersburgs 300th anniversary presents the hermitages collection within. Kino lorber include knut elstermanns in one breath. Alexander sokurov s russian ark is an amazing accomplishment, and clearly made with passion, but while the film is sure to be hailed as a masterpiece by some, its narrative conceit isnt nearly as interesting as the technical feat of its creation. In fact, the apparent threedimensionality of russian ark becomes.
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More than other realist art cinema, slow movies by lisandro alonso, nuri bilge ceylan, pedro costa, jia zhangke, abbas kiarostami, cristian mungiu, alexander sokurov, bela tarr, gus van sant and others radically adhere to spacetimes in which emotion is repressed along with motion. Russian arks smooth voyage seems like a dream play the. In one breath making of documentary hubert robert, a fortunate life short film by alexander sokurov. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The internet provides many websites in english for those who want to know more about the logistics behind the film s unique feat of cinematography, but very little specifically about the history and culture behind the film.
With its constant motion and elegant reframings, the camera gives the proceedings an almost balletic breathlessness, while painterly influenceschiefly bosch and brueghelinfuse the films succession of ornate sets suggesting 19th century germany, though no epoch. In europe, europe is everywhere, says aleksandr sokurov early in francofonia. In one breath, a documentary about the making of russian ark, written and directed by. The films of albert serra and alexander sokurov senses. The entirety of russian ark unfolds in one continuous take, with not a single cut in its 99 minutes even though there are ballroom dance scenes and orchestras and other massive set pieces. As much as one might want to rib this tautologywhich sounds better in russian than it reads it englishit makes a point. With jens meurer, tilman buttner, ron holloway, sergey dreyden. Russian ark 2002 nostalgia is always beautiful tyranny. Petersburg, sokurovs breathtaking film recreates 300 years of history and culture and is the first entirely unedited, single take, fulllength feature film. These are all fleeting impressions, which one gathers like flint to a brush while watching the controversial masterpiece, father and son, by the renown russian auteur alexander sokurov. Alexander sokurovs search for spiritual identity in.
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