Movie Suggestions?

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

So I am in graduate school and attempting to review the Russian skils I gained in undergrad. I studied abroad in Moscow for a semester and took a Russian film class that I really liked, so I thought requesting some Russian movies through netflix would be a good way to get exposure to listening to russian again and learning some new words. Can anyone provide some suggestions for good Russian movies? Either classics or recent.

Also, I saw a movie in Russia that I really liked, but I have forgotten the name. The plot is basically about this kind of loser of a guy living in the S.U. who dislikes his life. He hears that the prisons in the Netherlands are amazing, so he sneaks out of the SU to the Netherlands and then commits a crime to go to jail. The Dutch prison is this absurd fantasy life where he gets great food, plays soccer, comes and goes as he pleases, etc. Eventually he decides to go back to Russia,and takes all these gifts with him. It is a kind of slapstick comedy. I think it came out in the mid-1980s, early 90s? any ideas!?

Thanks for the help.

Comments

[russiandude.livejournal.com]

I believe the movie is "I want to go to jail" or "Hochu v tyurmu" (don't have my cyrillic on right now).

Thanks..

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out..

[thespinningone.livejournal.com]

the movie's called "Хочу в тюрьму" (1998) but i don't know where you can download it in the net..(

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

maybe here it is possible to download the movie http://www.sharereactor.ru/cgi-bin/mzinfo.cgi?id=2565

as for the best our movies, I had a list somewhere :). I'll try to find it.

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

cool, thanks

[erschlagener.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Брат (there's a sequel as well, Брат 2), though I understand there's a lot of slang in both (good luck with comprehension). The plot is about a guy who after finishing his army service hooks up with his brother to become a hit man. One learns a lot about homemade weapons in the process.

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

Ya, I've seen Brat, I really liked it. I haven't seen the sequel.

Is there a movie called Assassin or Sniper about an old army assassin who's family is harrassed by some thugs?

[bayukov.livejournal.com]

by the way, soviet ones will do, or you are interested in Russian movies only?

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

both

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Are you only interested in movies, or in cartoons as well?

[genuinesarcasm.livejournal.com]

mainly movies...