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GuyOnTheLeft — 10 years ago(November 07, 2015 01:26 AM)

Here is the last sentence (of three total) in
Time Out London's
review:
http://www.timeout.com/london/film/come-and-see
This epic, allegorical and traumatising enactment of the hellish experience of war (especially its effect upon a generation of the Soviet people) is rendered by Klimov - albeit unintentionally - as a disorienting and undifferentiated amalgam of almost lyrical poeticism and expressionist nightmare.
So that just leaves me with the burning question: what
was
his intent? And how do they know this was unintentional?
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That is quite odd, considering that the surreal aspects of this film are so affecting. I mean this film has opens with a child barking like a dog, has an extended sequence featuring a stalking stalk, and an atonal soundtrack that is clearly meant to disorientate.
It is clearly intentional, meaning to capture the uncanny horror of genocide.
How anyone could think it was accidental is beyond me.
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Agreed.

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No idea why they would refer to the described stylistic qualities as "unintentional" - especially considering the slightly surreal, hallucinatory tone was sustained pretty much throughout the film. To suggest such a thing would mean that Klimov was a complete hack who had absolutely no idea what was actually happening in the movie he was directing.
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