Graveyard Poet
9Jan12
Can't wait to see this.
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Graveyard Poet
18Jan12
Set in perhaps the bleakest wintry landscape in the history of cinema, this is a harrowing, haunting, and heart-wrenching exploration of war, impending death, and the meaning of conscience. Stunningly powerful and overwhelmingly intense experience--left me speechless.
Howard Orr
26Dec11
The bleakest of the bleak, and almost totally perfect. In my opinion Anatoli Solinitsyn gives one of the greatest performances in all of cinema .
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xrystyna
11Dec11
one of the best movie openings i've seen. amazing camerawork. very powerful film, definitely. however moralistic dostoyevsky-style and christian overtones were slightly too prominent for my liking.
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Fábio Gomes
7Nov11
In a minimalist and claustrophobic film, Larisa Shepitko clearly followed C.T. Dreyer's formula in La passion de Jeanne d'Arc, which can never go wrong. Brilliant human drama about the consequences of choices and how they will affect those around us, among other themes as values and integrity.
Francisco R.
6Sep11
It's pretty amazing how well put together this film is, in less than two hours Shepitko manages to tell a story so powerful and trascendental in its depiction of Soviet prisoners that it's almost hard to appreciate every aspect in a single view. Also this is where her husband Elem Klimov got the camerawork for Come and See.
David Semblance
12Jul11
It's a great film, watch it here in two parts... Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5884507991033455652# and part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7405188036246762887#
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Hideous Bitch Princess
9Mar11
Brilliant despite the campy ending which felt like it could have been used out of context as a parody of an art film.
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Hector Camero
24Feb11
A great example of efficiency on film. The ending tells it all. An easy physical escape is forbidden by inner regret. Then comes the unbearable feeling of loneliness. Raw, but still fragile.
Franklinton Underground Cinema
2Feb11
The film is brilliant in how it makes you feel that the world is closing in, despite immensely open fields of snow and trees.
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comeandsee
25Nov10
like many filmmakers before and since, Shepitko, died far too soon. but with this amazing masterpiece of betrayal, horror and subtextual power. paralleled to the passion of jesus christ, she leaves behind a piece which is one of the best art films ever made. and plus she has one of the most vicious swipes at the Soviet regime ever committed to film.
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Iliveinfear
17Nov10
This film demands more recognition. It is a harrowing and unforgettable journey into the human soul that will leave you heartbroken and astonished. This is a truly remarkable work of art.
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lauli
18Sep10
I am thunderstruck. I never expected this film to be so powerful and moving. A really emotional tour de force.
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christopherjohn
1Dec09
I was truly unprepared for the power of this film. I'm actually a little shocked and disappointed that Criterion didn't grant this its own deluxe spot in the collection. An amazing dose of spirituality in a soulless time and place. Gripping from beginning to end.
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Graveyard Poet
18Jan12
I was also awestruck by its power. I'm disappointed too. This definitely deserves its own place in the collection.