it happened to be his first ‘ivans childhood’ and also his most straightforward narrative. a young boy insists on being a scout for the russian army and informs them about the whereabouts of the nazis to avenge the death of his mother and his sister. almost conventional in comparison to the later and more obscure work, some sequences did have the allegorical and dream like imagery that i loved so much in ‘mirror’ or ‘stalker’, but, in this film, there did seem rather forced and heavy handed.
still, a better war film than most. brilliant surreal images of a war torn landscape, some extremely moving and disturbing sequences- like the scene in the forest when a female medical officer is being seduced and rejected by another officer, or the end scene set in berlin when we discover the fate of ivan at the end of the war.
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remember only stalker and solaris, both stuck on my mind for ever.
see them all. they are all great. i think 'mirror' must be my favourite- though i think it also might be the most obtuse.
No idea whats happening now, stopped being a film society member long time back, just disgusted with the guys who ran such societies, they talk about kurasawa, eisinstein brecht and make rotten films themselves. You need a great deal of strength and courage to sit thru a tamil film. They are so terrible. I got fever watching a film made by my own friend.
your friend made a tamil film? arty or commercial?
too funny! you actually got a fever watching a film! you are totally right about righteous and scary film studies people!
One day he was guru dutt, next day manmonan desai third day Francois Truffaut next day wim wenders, in between while shooting fell in love with the leading lady who showed him the gates, oh forgot, he played the leading Layda himself apart from directing and interfering and ruining the cinematography.
the film ran very well
out of the theatre, not inside.
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