War

War and Peace (Voyna i Mir – 1966-7)

A titanic grappling with Sergei Bondarchuk’s masterpiece of 431 minutes, War and Peace.

April 5, 2019

Alex

Uncategorized, War and Peace (Voyna i Mir 1966-7)

1800s Russia, Ambition, Art, Cinema, Cinema History, Cinematography, Dance, Film, Film Pravda, History, Ideas, Love, Napoleon, Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet, Spirit, Stories, Truth, Violence, War, War and Peace
The Human Condition (2/3) : Nostalgia/The Fog of War

A continuing look at Masaki Kobayashi’s monumental 9 hour trilogy, and its second part.

July 31, 2017

Alex

The Human Condition Trilogy, Uncategorized

Cinema, Conflict, Faith, Film, Film Pravda, History, Judgement, Justice, Kunie Tanaka, Masaki Kobayashi, No Greater Love, Pacifism, Pain, Philosophy, Resilience, Road to Eternity, Survival, Tatsuya Nakadai, The Human Condition, Violence, War, Yoshio Miyajima
Come And See

Come and See (1985) is a descent into hell on earth the like of which I have never seen. I am saying this just to warn those of you who haven’t seen this film that it really is a heavy watch. This is possibly the hardest film to watch at points that I’ve ever seen,…

July 12, 2016

edfoxen

Come And See, Uncategorized

1985, Analysis, Cinema, Come And See, Elem Klmov, Film, Film Pravda, Horror, Masterpiece, War