IiS-Fans: WHERE DO YOU COME FROM AND HOW OLD ARE YOU?
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krispykrank — 17 years ago(February 22, 2009 12:11 AM)
New York, Long Island
22
Male
Heard it mentioned in an interview in Newsweek, watched it on yotube, the part were the kid and the girl return to his house after being with the partisans seems to be the most disturbing , the buzzing of the flies, the way the dolls are layed out on the floor, and the way the camera reveles the pile of bodies behind the house. like a horror movie but not as fun. and saving private is as good and maybe in some ways superior, but both do not compare to pearl harbor, by the way the blonde girl was hot -
e_is_mcsquare — 16 years ago(April 10, 2009 11:01 AM)
New Jersey, USA (originally from India)
M 32
After watching this last night, I am still thinking about this movie. Is there anything like surreal realism? I am still thinking about the scene where Florya meets Glasha after the bombing of the camp. Masterpiece! -
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pifnut — 16 years ago(August 19, 2009 03:33 PM)
It was a small budget Soviet film. Klimov had lived through the siege of Stalingrad during WWII and was influenced by that. He also spent time in Belarus learning about the massacres prior to beginning filming the movie.
My answer comes from the Wikipedia page on Klimov(I'm not quite sure how accurate it is, but some of the info on the page has references) and from the Guardian newspaper's obituary for Klimov(there's a link for it on the Wikipedia Klimov page, and it's definitely worth a read, especially the last paragraph where Klimov is quoted describing the siege. I included the links below
Elem Klimov's wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elem_Klimov
The Guardian obituary:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/nov/04/guardianobituaries.russia -
Bry-2 — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 07:31 AM)
US Baltimore MD currently but previously in FL, IL, NM, and CA
50
Male.
Not sure "fan" is the right expression: I deeply admire this film and recommend it to those I think would appreciate it, but I'm not a fan in the same way I am of Goodfellas or Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World!
Jack, you have debauched my sloth! -
thereddishcolor — 16 years ago(October 13, 2009 02:50 PM)
From: Chicago, IL
Age: 23
Gender : Gay male
I've seen a picture from this movie in a book on Cinema I was given as a Christmas gift back in 2000. For years I've been curious about it, and after subscribing recently to an online dvd rental service, I noticed it was available and decided it was time to give it a shot.
This really is an excellent movie, I'm very suprised it is not more well known.