IiS-Fans: WHERE DO YOU COME FROM AND HOW OLD ARE YOU?
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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. -
mrtomwaits — 16 years ago(November 24, 2009 01:24 PM)
Im 34 From the UK (Close to London).
As someone with ties To Belarus (my wife is Belarusian), who has been there many times, stayed in countless villages very similar to those filmed and have family relatives that lived through experiences similar to this film, I find this film to be both emotinally heart wrenching, authentic and amazing.
My wifes relatives especially here granmother have some amazing heartbreaking stories of similar tragedys (scorched earth, bombings, shootings ect), breaks my heart but fascinating all the same. -
poochiewoochie — 16 years ago(December 24, 2009 01:22 AM)
Female
48
Colorado Springs
The BEST movie on WW2. Next choice is Ivan's Childhood. I also like Forbidden Games. I think that any movie made by Hollywood on the second war outright sucks with the exception of "Holocaust" and the various Holocaust scenes from "War and Remembrance".