Moscow Elegy. | RSS, Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost, edited by Michael Brashinsky and Andrew Horton, An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano, 1977, Suspended Lives, Revenant Images. It concentrates on his absence from the Soviet Union and what he left behind. Mother and Son (1997) was his first internationally acclaimed feature film. On top of that, many of Sokurov's sources seem to be of poor quality, so for anyone interested in Tarkovsky, there is nothing really enlightening or special about this documentary. Film, Documentaries. None of the commentary is illuminating or…. Each documentary then takes a certain artistic liberty as to follow Tarkovsky's strict yet love-filled views on cinema. One of Sokurov's series of 'elegies', this is a tribute to his former mentor Andrei Tarkovsky who died in 1986. A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics. Requiem, Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya, This page was last edited on 30 May 2020, at 01:24. Thanks for subscribing! Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? We already have this email. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George. Every movie available at sovietmoviesonline.com, in order from newest addition to oldest - with frequent updates. A film in homage to Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Un elenco di…. (1987). [3], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Elegy&oldid=959679441, Documentary films about film directors and producers, Articles containing Russian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The St. Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a monument to Dostoevsky, The St. Petersburg Diary: Kosintsev's Flat, The St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart. O homem que viu um anjo não resistiu a tamanho fulgor que quis ir embora com o anjo. Andrei Tarkovsky Tonino Guerra Aleksandr Sokurov Sven Nykvist, Moskovan elegia, Élégie de Moscou: Andreï Tarkovski, Moskiewska elegia, Moskovskaya elegiya, Elegía de Moscú, 86 mins Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Archie Moore . Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov. All rights reserved. Documentary 88 Synopsis. [2], The film was first screened at Dom Kino in Moscow in 1987 on Tarkovsky's birthday, and many Russian filmmakers and actors (for example Alexander Kaidonovsky) strongly disliked it. I began thinking…. I like Sokurov's work and love Tarkovsky's work but this documentary is very slight and empty, for the most part. Sokurov and the crew had scheduled a total of 12 days for the entire production. Well, he's gotten quite a few, but there is a sense of incompleteness when it comes to a body of work like Tarkovsky's and a life approriately sorrowful and wise as his was. Moscow Elegy. Time Out says. Mobile site. Through pervasive sepia tones, lingering images of empty spaces from Tarkovsky’s past, and a haunting and ethereal bookend shot of Tarkovsky’s late mother, Maya Ivanovna Vishnyakova, Sokurov poignantly reflects on the melancholic longing and palpable void of Tarkovsky’s absence – first personally, as Sokurov awaits the return of his colleague and cinematic kindred spirit to their beloved motherland, then globally, as the international community responds to the tragic news of Tarkovsky’s untimely death. Tom meets Zizou - Kein Sommermärchen © 2020 Time Out England Limited and affiliated companies owned by Time Out Group Plc.