Russian Cinema

[pgmatg.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if anyone here likes Russian movies.
And have you used Russian films as a tool to learn Russian?
I have a Russian Movie reference directory:
http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/dir.htm
Been working on it in my free time for last 8 months.
Maybe someone here will find it useful.
Also would like to know if you have any favorite Russian movies.
Mine is Обыкновенное чудо / Ordinary miracle

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/slza_/]

Oh well, i do!
At this moment Kira Muratova seems exquisite to me. Her style can be easily lernt from any of the films, i've discovered her complicated and wonderful aproach, when i saw "Чеховские мотивы" in the cinema. Strange, sarcastic, minor-absurdity.
As for the rest russian films - there is a lot of them intimately close to my heart. Now i can name "Один день из Жизни Ильи Ильича Обломова" (or something - with Nikita Mikhalkov as director), "Жестокий романс", "12 стульев" with Andrej Mironov, "Женитьба Бальзаминова", "Чучело" (among the recent impressions), for instance.

[russiankiss.livejournal.com]

I've only seen one (that I can remember) - Burnt By The Sun. I really liked it (despite what some Russians have said about it) and it definitely makes me want to see more.
I'm sure if I were at a more advanced stage, I would use films to aid my learning.

Your site's cool - I like that the film's have got stars by them, it'll make it easier when I want to see whether a film's recommended or not.

And Ordinary Miracle, is it modern? Or not so recent?

[russiankiss.livejournal.com]

What am I thinking? Only Burnt By The Sun?

I also own Russian Ark on DVD. But yes, I realise this isn't 100% Russian. But it's dialogue does help me slightly with my Russian.
Still, I love that film. It's amazing.

[pgmatg.livejournal.com]

Ordinary Miracle was released in 1978.
In my opinion period from from 75 to 85 was the best for Russian films.
Also most films listed on my DVD page have subtitles.
Also some are available for rent.

[shiro-ki.livejournal.com]

Ordinary Miracle was among my favourite movies in early years and in secondary school... Also by Mark Zakharov, the director: That Very Munhgauzen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен), Формула любви (The Love Formula), To Kill the Dragon (Убить дракона - but I don't like it, it's too gloomy, imho), The House that Swift Built - Дом, который построил Свифт(based on Swift's Jornal to Stella)...
it's a kind of magic :)

[yumanite.livejournal.com]

I like "A Friend of the Deceased" -- however, it's really Ukranian, not Russian. Very interesting movie.