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Longtrail's avatar

I watched Bad MF. Yow! Hardcore Henry and John Wick rolled into one it is. I'm putting this post on my home page and sample the extensive list. Thanks for this.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Rare people watching foreign movies makes me as happy as when I drink coffee watching the reddish dawn skyline.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

I'll take 'Nobody' over John Wick every day!

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Anna Zimmerman's avatar

I have to say I absolutely hated that first short video you posted, 'Kolshik'. I had to force myself to watch it. It's the most soulless, nihilistic, vile piece of filmmaking I've seen in a long time...and to that extent probably highly reflective of a section of Ukrainian society. But this is such a cold film that it hardly qualifies as a social critique. On the contrary, it glorifies and glamorises the nihilism.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

It's Russian :)

The joy of the mystery, discovering the little girl's soap bubble as a trigger.

The link I posted immediately under the video is a happy one, by the same director.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

PS: Most of the Ukrainian and Russian movies listed are either social critique or observation of society.

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Anna Zimmerman's avatar

My favourite Russian films are 'The Star' and 'Come and See' - I'm sure that you will know 'Come and See' as it is so famous, and justly so! They are both violent films, and in both cases this serves a moral purpose, but violence shouldn't be celebrated for no good reason as in 'Kolshik' (or nearly every Hollywood blockbuster for that matter). In 'Come and See' the violence horrifies the audience, and is plainly meant to do so - in this short film, we are supposed to get some kind of aesthetic kick out of it. Thanks for all the links though!

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Yes, an awful mistake on my part to leave that out. I don't know 'The Star', please send link to movie page.

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Anna Zimmerman's avatar

I will try and find a link to it...I had it on DVD years ago, but someone borrowed it, and everyone knows what that means! It's a war film, but not your run-of-the-mill one.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Thanks. Will watch within next two weeks.

Mosfilm is great for old movies, my favourite being 'Ivan's Childhood'. I rewatched the director's 'Nostalgia' last week, and enjoyed it, but thought it too arty to put on a persuasion list.

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