Envisioning Russia Schedule

"Envisioning Russia" Schedule
 
Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking

Alexandra / Aleksandra
Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia 2007; 92m
Sat Jan 26: 7:15
The Ascent / Voskhozhdeniye
Larisa Shepitko, USSR 1976; 110m
Wed Feb 13: 4:15 & 8:45
At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home / Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh
Nikita Mikhalkov, USSR 1974; 97m
Mon Feb 11: 4:15 & 8:20
Thu Feb 14: 1
The Battleship Potemkin / Bronenosets Potyomkin
Sergei M. Eisenstein, USSR 1925; 80m
Sat Jan 26: 1
Wed Jan 30: 6:15

Bed and Sofa / Tretya Meshchanskaya
Abram Room, USSR 1927; 74m
Sat Feb 2: 5:30
Cargo 200 / Gruz 200
Aleksei Balabanov, Russia 2007; 90m
Fri Jan 25: 8:45
Sun Jan 27: 5:15
Wed Jan 30: 4
Carnival Night / Karnavalnaya noch
Eldar Ryazanov, USSR 1956; 78m
Sat Feb 2: 7:15
Tue Feb 5: 2:15 & 6:15
Courier / Kurer
Karen Shakhnazarov, USSR 1986; [...]

by Andre Soares | January 25, 2008   
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Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking

Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein

"Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking" (January 25 — February 14, 2008) at New York City’s Film Society of Lincoln Center:
"Although early film shows took place in Russia soon after the invention of cinema (Maxim Gorky’s book In the Kingdom of Shadows, published July 4, 1896, is one of the most beautiful early descriptions of cinema), continuous, serious film production was not established in Russia until 1908. Thus, the Russian Ministry of Culture has designated 2008 as the centenary of Russian Cinema. We could have devoted an entire year’s programming to the occasion and still merely have scratched the surface of this most innovative, contradictory and always provocative cinema. Together with our partner, Seagull Films, we [...]

by Andre Soares | January 25, 2008   
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