Most interesting movie in a long time... Russian Ark
There's an amazing movie out called Russian Ark. It was shot in one day, actually in one shot, on the 23rd of December 2001, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
See http://www.russianark.spb.ru/eng/ for more information. It's a totally amazing history of Russia; an unbelievable mixture of cinema verite and highly produced, planned, and executed theatre.
There's an amazing scene in a ballroom in the Hermitage, with hundreds of people in period costumes and the State Hermitage Orchestra playing. Apparently the scene depicted in the movie was the first time anyone had danced in that room since the Bolsheviks came to power.
It's one shot, 96 minutes or so. I gather the movie crew had to invent a luggable RAID array and a luggable battery pack to capture the DV for this single shot movie.
Netflix has it for rent. Blockbuster, naah.
See http://www.russianark.spb.ru/eng/ for more information. It's a totally amazing history of Russia; an unbelievable mixture of cinema verite and highly produced, planned, and executed theatre.
There's an amazing scene in a ballroom in the Hermitage, with hundreds of people in period costumes and the State Hermitage Orchestra playing. Apparently the scene depicted in the movie was the first time anyone had danced in that room since the Bolsheviks came to power.
It's one shot, 96 minutes or so. I gather the movie crew had to invent a luggable RAID array and a luggable battery pack to capture the DV for this single shot movie.
Netflix has it for rent. Blockbuster, naah.
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