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Name: | Russian Ark (2002) |
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Price: | £4.29
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A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat 'Russian Ark' is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras the photography floats and careens through the lavish corridors of the museum examining its architectural details while following a dreamlike plot. A cast of 867 actors supply the action of the film whether dancing the mazurka in a lively ballroom performing a military salute or watching a theater performance. The Marquis (Sergey Dreiden) an aged but limber European dressed in solid black is the film's charismatic guide leading the narrator--who is the unidentified voice behind the camera--through each doorway and into each gallery in a sweeping tour of the Hermitage. While the Marquis interacts with some of the guests debating about Italian art with a couple of Russian scholars delighting over rich paintings by Rubens and Van Dyck with an angelic blind woman taking a lively brunette for a spin on the dance floor others do not see him. Even the narrator suspects that the Marquis is a ghost long dead and wandering the Hermitage in a quest to better understand history. Time periods indicated by style of dress fluctuate between the 1700s and the present. Famous Russian figures such as Peter the Great Nicholas I and Catherine the Great appear and then disappear with no explanation of their roles. Between the Marquis and the narrator confusion reigns. They are spectators and trespassers in this mysterious space trying to find their way. |
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