tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post4352643429624697899..comments2023-06-18T05:29:35.488-07:00Comments on Soviet and Post-Soviet Visions: Burnt by the Sun 2 or Cranberry Soup. An early reaction.giuvivrussianfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779445150205481262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-79488156781287087602010-05-15T04:57:00.475-07:002010-05-15T04:57:00.475-07:00Thanks - regarding Mikhalkov's I came across a...Thanks - regarding Mikhalkov's I came across an interesting small article in Kommersant. Apparently the Public Prosecutor's office in Vladivostok is making enquiries into whether school schildren were made to watch Mikhalkov's film against their will after the Mayor's office gave out a command to school heads for the film to be compulsory viewing by schoolchildren. This has been denied by the Mayor's office (as one would expect). Here's the article link:<br /><br />http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1368514giuvivrussianfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779445150205481262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737915053829470554.post-24669864090584503362010-05-12T23:59:39.627-07:002010-05-12T23:59:39.627-07:00Quote from Yuriy Norshteyn about this (my translat...Quote from Yuriy Norshteyn about this (my translation): http://www.inedelya.ru/events/article10577<br /><br />n: And what do you think about our new live-action films?<br /><br />Norshteyn: I almost do not watch them.<br /><br />n: "How I Ended This Summer", "Melody for a Street Organ"...<br /><br />Norshteyn: A while ago, I spoke rather critically of our cinema, and people started asking me: "Have you seen this film?" and named films like this. Of course, I have seen Khrzhanovskiy's "A Room and a Half". But I can only make guesses as to what was done in "Burnt by the Sun 2"<br /><br />n: Everyone has already written about it.<br /><br />Norshteyn: Which is why Nikita Mikhalkov is acting the way he is. He is in hysterics about losing. He set out on some new paths, got some power, but in reality burned out from the inside, became charred and emptied, and so he wishes to transfer attention to external effects, to impress and shock... This always ends badly. Though Mikhalkov is a wonderful actor and a talented person, he did not comprehend something; something vital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com