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Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky

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#20,921
May 27, 2007
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I'm yet to watch plenty of movies, wasn't able to find torrents month ago. I've seen bold ones

1) Black Coal, Thin Ice --- Won Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival, Liao Fan won Silver Bear as best actor
2) Leviathan ---- Won best screenplay at Cannes, Won best Foreign film at Golden Globes, Nominated for Best Foreign Film Academy Awards
3) Winter Sleep --- Won Palme d'Or and Fipresci at Cannes
4) A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence --- Won Golden Lion at Venice International Film Festival
5) Two Days, One Night --- Marion Cotillard nominated for Best Actress Academy Awards, Nominated for Palme d'Or Cannes
6) Force Majeure --- Won Un Certain Regard Jury Prize Cannes, Won Best Film at Guldbagge (Sweden) awards
7) Wild Tales --- Nominated for best foreign language film Academy Awards, Nominated for Palme d'Or Cannes
8) Field of Dogs --- Nominated for Golden Frog Camerimage (world's biggest cinematography film festival)
9) Birdman --- Nominated for Best Picture at Academy Awards + 8 other nominations
10) A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night --- Won best first feature or Directorial revelation at multiple major film festivals
11) Whiplash --- Nominated for Best Picture at Academy Awards + 4 other nominations
12) Corn Island ---Won Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Nominated for Best foreign language film Academy Awards
13) The Grand Budapest Hotel --- Nominated for best picture at Academy Awards + 8 other nominations
14) Tale of Princess Kaguya --- Nominated for best Animated feature film Academy Awards, Won best animated feature film at multiple festivals
15) In Order of Disappearance --- Nominated for Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival
 

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Post Ironic

Post Ironic

Senior Member
#20,923
Feb 9, 2013
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Völler said:
I haven't seen it, no, but I read that it was disappointing since it was a film that's difficult understand for the sake of being difficult, and that it would be borderline impossible to understand if you hadn't read the novel. So I've kind of avoided it, but I guess that's a mistake. :D
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I don't know that I'd say impossible. The first 20-30 minutes are certainly quite esoteric, but after that the film becomes a little more coherent and comprehensible, and in a 170 minute film, that 20-30 minutes becomes a little more acceptable. From what I gather, the film was received with near-universal acclaim from critics (Metacritic at 87 with the lowest critic rating being a 70), but the IMDB score of 6.5 suggests the general viewing public has a less favourable review. I haven't seen a single poor review from a critic, most of them heap praise upon it. I wonder if part of that low score and that specific criticism is to do with that 20-30 minutes rather than the film as a whole.

It's not an overly faithful adaptation of the novel. I'd suggest it's better than the novel, though this has been the case with all three of the major films I've seen adapting Strugatsky Brother works. A large part of that would be the filmmakers doing the adaptations, Tarkovsky, Sokurov, and now Aleksei German. There's something about the Strugatsky brothers' work that seems to suit the film medium better, perhaps the deliberate incoherency that films like this one and Tarkovsky's Stalker revel in, that somewhat esoteric aspect, the anachronistic settings and story-lines, the grotesque and phantasmagorical landscapes, although with Tarkovsky this is much more subtle and expressed with a beautiful minimalism, in Aleksei German it's bold, overt, and at times repulsively in your face.

It seems like an exploration of inhumanity, like a touching upon something alien to us, that will never be understood, even though we've experienced it, a treatise on our unwillingness to create a dialogue with the Hell we often experience on Earth, our unwillingness to understand it, to learn from it, to escape it (in the director's case this seems to refer to Stalinism). It's a demanding film, but somewhat ironically, considering the filth, decay, and grotesqueness of it, it's a savagely beautiful film that I highly recommend. Just have the patience to sit through the opening scenes and I don't think you'll regret it.

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Dostoevsky said:
Haven't seen it yet but will check it out, looks interesting :tup:
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Ocelot said:
Has anyone got a link for the movie? Can't seem to find one...
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CrimsonianKing said:
It isn't :(

Come on, you hipster. Find us something. I want to watch this $#@!.
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Sorry guys. I hadn't realized it wouldn't be out on torrent sites yet. Seeing as its a 2013 film, I thought it would have seen release. Apparently both dvd and blu-ray are being released in the next 1-2 months. I just saw that they're available for pre-order on Amazon now. So it should turn up soon.
 
CrimsonianKing

CrimsonianKing

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Jan 16, 2013
27,343
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Nzoric said:
Oh come on. That was the worst bait Ive ever thrown out :p
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Mine was worse and you fell for it, you scandi beotch :D

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But seriously, it's a very slow paced movie. Only watch it when you're in the mood for such.

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I've been planning to re watch it soon but i'll wait for this:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15450

Artificial Eye to Release Andrei Tarkovsky Films on Blu-ray in 2015
@Kieselguhr Kid
 
Ocelot

Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
#20,930
Jul 13, 2013
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Kieselguhr Kid said:
Sorry guys. I hadn't realized it wouldn't be out on torrent sites yet. Seeing as its a 2013 film, I thought it would have seen release. Apparently both dvd and blu-ray are being released in the next 1-2 months. I just saw that they're available for pre-order on Amazon now. So it should turn up soon.
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:tup:
 
Post Ironic

Post Ironic

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#20,931
Feb 9, 2013
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CrimsonianKing said:
Mine was worse and you fell for it, you scandi beotch :D

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But seriously, it's a very slow paced movie. Only watch it when you're in the mood for such.

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I've been planning to re watch it soon but i'll wait for this:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15450

Artificial Eye to Release Andrei Tarkovsky Films on Blu-ray in 2015
@Kieselguhr Kid
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Fuck. Are they really releasing all of them on Blu-Ray next year? That's amazing. The Kino Lorber blu-ray releases of The Sacrifice and Nostalghia are pretty mediocre. Criterion would be ideal for the entire Tarkovsky catalogue because of the painstaking work they do to clean and restore entire film prints, but Artificial Eye is much better than Kino.

This is very very exciting. :tuttosport:
 
Völler

Völler

Always spot on
#20,934
May 6, 2012
23,091
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CrimsonianKing said:
Mine was worse and you fell for it, you scandi beotch :D

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But seriously, it's a very slow paced movie. Only watch it when you're in the mood for such.

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I've been planning to re watch it soon but i'll wait for this:

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15450

Artificial Eye to Release Andrei Tarkovsky Films on Blu-ray in 2015
@Kieselguhr Kid
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Kieselguhr Kid said:
Fuck. Are they really releasing all of them on Blu-Ray next year? That's amazing. The Kino Lorber blu-ray releases of The Sacrifice and Nostalghia are pretty mediocre. Criterion would be ideal for the entire Tarkovsky catalogue because of the painstaking work they do to clean and restore entire film prints, but Artificial Eye is much better than Kino.

This is very very exciting. :tuttosport:
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Völler said:
Apparently Artificial Eye announced in November that they are releasing every Tarkovsky film on Blu-ray in 2015. I completely missed it. Stalker in HD. :tuttosport:
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And I thought I was slow. :p

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Stalker is even getting a Japanese Blu-ray release on June 10th so in less than two months there should be a HD torrent out.

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Kieselguhr Kid said:
I don't know that I'd say impossible. The first 20-30 minutes are certainly quite esoteric, but after that the film becomes a little more coherent and comprehensible, and in a 170 minute film, that 20-30 minutes becomes a little more acceptable. From what I gather, the film was received with near-universal acclaim from critics (Metacritic at 87 with the lowest critic rating being a 70), but the IMDB score of 6.5 suggests the general viewing public has a less favourable review. I haven't seen a single poor review from a critic, most of them heap praise upon it. I wonder if part of that low score and that specific criticism is to do with that 20-30 minutes rather than the film as a whole.

It's not an overly faithful adaptation of the novel. I'd suggest it's better than the novel, though this has been the case with all three of the major films I've seen adapting Strugatsky Brother works. A large part of that would be the filmmakers doing the adaptations, Tarkovsky, Sokurov, and now Aleksei German. There's something about the Strugatsky brothers' work that seems to suit the film medium better, perhaps the deliberate incoherency that films like this one and Tarkovsky's Stalker revel in, that somewhat esoteric aspect, the anachronistic settings and story-lines, the grotesque and phantasmagorical landscapes, although with Tarkovsky this is much more subtle and expressed with a beautiful minimalism, in Aleksei German it's bold, overt, and at times repulsively in your face.

It seems like an exploration of inhumanity, like a touching upon something alien to us, that will never be understood, even though we've experienced it, a treatise on our unwillingness to create a dialogue with the Hell we often experience on Earth, our unwillingness to understand it, to learn from it, to escape it (in the director's case this seems to refer to Stalinism). It's a demanding film, but somewhat ironically, considering the filth, decay, and grotesqueness of it, it's a savagely beautiful film that I highly recommend. Just have the patience to sit through the opening scenes and I don't think you'll regret it.
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Thanks. :tup: Will check it out if it ever comes out online.

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Nzoric said:
Downloading Stalker. Lets see what the fuss is all about
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That's interesting. Let me know what you think. :D
 
Gerd

Gerd

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Dec 25, 2011
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That trailer is good , but after seeing the new star wars and BVS trailer it kind of failed to ignite a great hype in me . Still looks solid , althrough i must say i wouldn't mind the idea of this movie failing just so marvel has a chance to get FF4 rights back :D . While i wouldn't care much about ff4 in the avengers i would love to see dr doom as a villain in the MU .
 
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