That turbulent history

Micheal 2022-03-26 09:01:11

——Comment on the film "Russian Ark
" A film directed by Alexander Sokolov, "Russian Ark", tells the story of a filmmaker starring Sergei Dontsov who suddenly finds himself in a palace in St. French diplomats experienced the same thing, and people around them couldn't see them. Under this adventure, the two began a historical roaming, witnessing the personal life of Peter the Great, Queen Catherine, the last Tsar's family The Last Supper and the last splendid Royal Ball of 1913. It reflects the changes in Russia over the past thousand years. Things in the world are always changing, and from the main actor's perspective, the breath of history keeps coming to the audience.
As for the long shot, Bazin once said: "It can make people understand everything without breaking the world into a bunch of pieces, it can reveal the meaning within people and things without disturbing the original unity of people and things. "In this film, the director uses a long-lens documentary to reflect the changes in Russia for thousands of years, so that the audience can feel the real process. From the very beginning the footage follows what gei Dontsov and the French diplomats see as they step into the palace. A group of officers and nobles at the ball left them both at a loss as they witnessed Peter the Great whipping his generals, the personal life of Empress Catherine... Russia was constantly changing during a period of turbulent history. , 17C, 18C to 19C The replacement of the emperor is more like the best witness. The director skillfully uses the technique of one mirror to the end to tell us the development history of Russia. In gei Dontsov's dictation, it is said: "Russia is like a theater". Life is like a drama, drama is like life. The development history of Russia is like a musical, and everyone involved is trying their best to give full play to their talents, and the guardians of each era have written the legendary story of Russian history in their own way.
In the film "Russian Ark", the music of the dance evokes the audience's memory of the era, and at the same time serves the theme of the film. As the narrator says: Do you like listening to music? The scene music sounded, and the melodious and beautiful music accompanied people to dance together. The ancient music brought people not only an auditory feast, but also a visual feast when combined with the dance at the court ball. The visual and auditory feast brings the audience a relaxed and pleasant audition aesthetic, so that the audience has a sense of aesthetic pleasure without audio-visual fatigue. From the beginning to the end of a court dance, the scene music is soft and melodious. The long and long music reverberates in the whole space, which naturally transmits and creates a relaxed and distant atmosphere. The soft music is the witness and inspiration of Russian history, adding a touch of brilliance to the twists and turns in the development of Russian history, and at the same time unloading the mental burden for the audience who are under great pressure in modern life, to enjoy this kind of music. The sense of relaxation and pleasure in a state of complete relaxation. The director successfully used the music as a reconciling agent to add a chip to the heart of the whole film.
The unique artistic charm, the unique artistic features, and the highly meaningful and expressive sound and picture together constitute the blood, bones, and flesh of the movie "Russian Ark", allowing the audience to truly feel the Russian culture. A period of changing history, a rational view of the development of Russian history. The flexible conception and application of art also add a lot to the observability and profound connotation of "Russian Ark". Excellent film and television works

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  • Hester 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    A fantastic tour of the Palace of the Russian History Museum. —— It should have been in 2012 that I learned about this long-shot film "Russian Ark", but it took so many years to finally watch it completely without fast-forwarding. As far as the story is concerned, it was somewhat uninteresting as I expected. Combined with the difficult long shots of the film, there is a feeling of "form over content". In contrast, I prefer "Elephant" and "Bird". People" and other long-shot business cards (in other words, "Birdman", which used special effects to erase the "editing" traces, could have been shot to the end, but the film was split at the end, so it did not become another full-length film after "Russian Ark". film is a one-shot movie). Shooting tidbits: 1. The movie was shot in one shot. The first three shots were interrupted by technical difficulties, and the fourth was finally done. 2. Since the Russian National Gallery is about to close, the producers have only one day to shoot. 3. More than 4,500 people participated in the production of the film, both on and off stage, such as extras, seamstresses, crew members and museum staff. ...-9799

  • Ronny 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    The extreme experiment, the "one shot to the end" technique is throughout, but it is more interesting than many edited movies. The push-pull and panning of the lens is beautiful, sometimes swooping and sliding, and sometimes panning and pulling in, showing the changing characteristics of the lens, which is as artistic as the content displayed by the lens. Concise and informative shooting thinking is worth learning. The pleasure of long shots to the audience is "discovery", but too many people ignore or even completely ignorant of this.

Russian Ark quotes

  • Orbeli: Is something still troubling you? Is it the authorities? They want acorns without oak trees. They are not interested in knowing how to nurture the tree of culture, but it will be their doom if the tree falls. Then there will be nothing left. Can't they understand that?

  • The Time Traveller: Sir. Sir. A pity you're not here with me. You would understand everything. Look. The sea is all around. And we are destined to sail forever, to live forever.