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Luana Frez

11Feb12

"And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

Paolo Simeone

6Feb12

Ogni volta un'esperienza piu` che una visione.

G. W. Elmer

21Jan12

I was stupid to think that I had seen the greatest of war films. Nothing compares to this one.

Wolker

5Jan12

One of the most devastating film experiences I have ever had. I found it hard to function for the rest of the day. Comes with a health warning and the strongest reccomendation

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S. Ressler

2Jan12

The Wikipedia article "Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany" describes exactly the same events, in historical context, depicted in Come and See. Reading the article will help you understand and appreciate the film.

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Bardesanes

29Dec11

Brilliant steadicam work, surrealist war scenes, great soundtrack - it's hard to believe I haven't heard of this film already. It won't be the last time I watch this.

Howard Orr

27Dec11

An astonishing, Expressionist film, as far removed from the de rigeur heroics of a conventional "war" film as you could find. Every scene and performance is soaked in the collective horror those in the Soviet Union experienced in WW2/The Great Patriotic War. Almost unbearable to watch, but totally necessary.

Mohamad Takdir

19Dec11

Not your usual war movie, this one will give you nightmare. A fine and gripping film about morality and numbness of conscience.

julia

7Dec11

horrifying realism,dramatic description of war. It reminds me of Tarkovsky's film 'Ivan's Childhood' It is not just a 'film'.

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Drew Boggemes

1Nov11

Come and See is a mud and shrapnel-coated odyssey through the hell of war that not only reels its audience in by way of its cynically provocative title, or even its uncanny recreations of Nazi atrocity, but through the gaze of true victimization, which oscillates between the horrors occurring in reality and the transparent fourth wall, which has never seemed thinner than in this film.

Robin Whenary

25Oct11

One of the most powerful and most perfectly realised films I've ever seen. Stunning example of subjective camerawork and sound design.

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Chris B

28Sep11

I found myself twisting uncomfortably in my seat as this brutal film drew me into its abyss. Its power is staggering. The acting, camera work and sound design blend together seamlessly to create a surreal horror...Probably the greatest war movie i have ever seen. It stayed with me for DAYS after i saw it..

Electrorules

8Sep11

The best war film ever made. Everything Hollywood war films arent. Not for the faint hearted.

iheartllama

25Aug11

War is without winners, without losers, without heroes, without redemption.

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leão, CJ Roy

Matthew Mundell

18Aug11

Best war/anti-war film ever. I felt queasy and displaced after.

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bonistik

16Aug11

Great visuals in the bogs of Belarus, great atmosphere, great symbolism, overall great movie when it comes to Soviet films dealing with World War II along with Tarkovsky's "Ivan's Childhood" and Shepitko's "The Ascent".

Justin Oakey

2Aug11

One of the most beautiful war films ever made. Director Klimov elegantly works a soft, floating camera through contrastingly stark, brutal events. Consequently, the harrowing nature of the film is rendered surreal by the dream-like camera movement. The result is a truly unique and artistic interpretation of war.

Douglas Redding

22Jul11

Pulp excellence.

Christopher Taylor

20Jul11

One of the most inspiring films for me as a film maker. As a viewer, a terrifying experience that is less about realism and more about emotional realism.

Jonathan Vercoutere

18Jul11

I don't have many words for this, I was simply blown away by the brilliant direction of "Idi i Smotri". This true to history story was brought so convincingly by the young Aleksey Kravchenko it sent chills down my spine.

Francisco R.

18Jul11

To me, Klimov stands as one of the very few directors who has managed to use this grade of sheer brutality as a leitmotif and turn it into a poem of sorts, a poem only a tormented mind could envision. In that aspect the directorial style is an explosion of bravado that will most likely be the responsible for getting your attention from the very first scene.

Mark Walker

8Jul11

One of the most majestic, harrowing experiences a human being can have in the dark. It's about the decisive war which rages inside everyone of us. Beautiful and unapologetically brutal. 'Masterpiece' and 'pure cinema' are overused labels; this film deserves both.

Rashed

11Jun11

the ultimate anti-war movie: devoid of any cliche's, any human kindness/decency, no trace of sentiment and unapologetic in every sense of the word. a nightmare grounded firmly in a reality that is very much our own.

Mauricio

14May11

Su visión de los alemanes alcanza la caricatura pero es una película muy poderosa que he visto varias veces con algo parecido al morbo. Pero es una obra maestra, a su manera, me parece.

NFP

30Apr11

Remember when you had that dream as a child that you were left behind in an unfamiliar place, and all the rules ceased to exist? Remember when that dream twisted into a nightmare? This film is just like that.

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Jon

24Apr11

Extraordinarily powerful, with virtuoso camerawork and scenes of startling horror. Easily one of the best WWII films.

Joshuah

2Apr11

While not the most engaging film, as narrative is far from the film's strongest element, and in fact... not even there in some cases. Mostly these are random events of WWII in rural areas of Russia, that just happen to follow a teenage boy... surreal, dizzying, and dream like... borrow heavily from Tarkovsky's Mirror & Ivan's Childhood I presume. The last scene is beyond haunting...

Arcanus

16Mar11

5-8 minutes would have been better.