IWasBored
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WinnieThePoo said:
Now these are my favourites and they are avaible on amazon , mmm , i tried not to pick all that traditional BS they give you in tourist shop , this is basically it ( True - love - tears - nerves - fun - irony) , if possible try to watch with russian sound and english subs
don't hesitate with questions
Sci- fi :
Stalker ( by Andrey Tarkovsky , one of his best , based on a novel)
Solaris ( also by andrei takovsky )
Professor Dowell's Testament
Dramas
Burnt By The Sun ( best export by Nikita Michalkov , drama of real people , best work by Oleg Menchikov )
The Cold Summer of 1953 ( true story , great actors , the first "real " film made in 1987 , Truth and nothing but )
True Life / inner circle / humor / philosophy
White Sun Of The Desert ( Alternative russian western ala Sergio Leone , fantastic stuff )
Cuckoo ( now , this one is a bit weird , set during WWII , very good and new )
At Home Among Strangers , A Stranger among its own ( yet another movie set close to sergio leones genre ( in a good way ) , directed by Nikita Mihalkov , one of his first and better movies , fantastic supporting cast )
Autumn Marathon ( film about true soviet life in St Petersburg , funny , cruel , the rain is falling , yellow leaves everywhere , done by Georgy Danelia , great cast , great storyline )
slave Of Love ( another one by Nikita Mihalkov , a love russian hollywood story during civil war , no tough stuff , more philosophy )
Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears ( this one is alright , a bit official , but still a nice story and beautiful russian romance )
comedies
Ivan Vasilievich - Back To The Future ( ivan The Terrible goes nuts )
Operation " Y" and other shurik adventures ( *****)
Gentlemen Of Fortune ( great cast , laughs on crime )
Peculiarities of the National Hunting ( Russia Of The 90's , vodka rules )
Classic
Unfinished Piece For The Player Piano ( based On A.Chekhov - directed by Nikita Mihalkov , great cast , nice views )
A Cruel Romance ( based on love story by author i can't remember , great director Eldar Ryazaonov , awesome cast , all about 19th century Russia )
Oblomov ( based on " A Few Days from the life of I.I. Oblomov " by I. Goncharov , directed by Nikita Mihalkov , awesome cast , very dreamy , close to meditation , inner face of countryside )
thanks.
i've seen a couple of those (i've nearly lost track of how many times professors have shown moscow doesn't believe in tears in classes. i'll be good with never seeing that again. i've seen it dubbed into english, in russian with english subtitles more than once, in russian with russian subtitles, and without any subtitles at all).
i thought cuckoo was very good.