Spectacular.

Kameron 2022-03-22 09:02:32

It explores Russia's ambivalent relationship with Europe in the arts on exhibit and depicts sumptuous royal events happened in the past (and thoughts on the Russia later on).

It is hard to contemplate how this one single long shot was made possible with the coordination of so many actor/actresses in so many rooms, albeit almost in the same museum. Spectacular.

Because it is a continuous long shot, i was anticipating some burst at some point -- but it never came -- but it kept me quite concentrated.

Finally Part of it is a grand ball. After the end, the old aristocrat who used to quarrel with others or scare others on a whim before decided to stay. Everyone around him was walking out. He stood there still, with a strange expression on his face. Well, it's a bit melancholy, like a sigh of inability to do anything about the fact that all good things will end. The dance was over for a long time, and so many people went downstairs chatting. This seems to have some meaning.

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

    A big dream. "It's a sign of Russian hell. No civilization, culture or art can prevent the destruction of millions. Neither Orthodox, Christianity, art or education can. Nothing can prevent the disappearance of millions of Russians."

  • Dina 2022-03-23 09:02:52

    Grandeur proper and objectified on a fluttering screen mediated through a muttering voice. No better definition either of 2D or of phantasmagoria, or even, of primitive/intuitive cinema.

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.