Review of Russian Ark (2002) by Jeff B — 27 Aug 2010
Okay, I didn't really pay attention to much of the plot, but then again, there really wasn't a plot, but man, this film was amazing. It's impossible to take your eyes off of it, the camera always finds ways to move about, sometimes I forget it's all one shot and I think "how in the heck did they manage to get over there so quickly?".
So many questions about how they made this, how did they manage to keep the camera out of view from the mirrors, or how they managed not to have shadows show up from the cameraman, or how they managed to avoid bumping into people during the ball (or even more impressive, during that last scene of going through the entire crowd leaving).
Of course, as a filmmaker I would love to know how all of the tricks were done, but as a film viewer I don't want to know. It's so dreamlike and beautiful, bravo to everyone involved.
This review of Russian Ark (2002) was written by Jeff B on 27 Aug 2010.
Russian Ark has generally received very positive reviews.
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