An interesting Russian film to show to student audience

[Richard Robin]

Definitely Piter-FM, especially for a high school audience - one of the
first upbeat Russian films. Finally, the Rusians learned to do romantic
comedies!

On Dec 19, 2007 9:03 AM, Ajda Kljun <ajda.kljun at gmail.com> wrote:

> My two cents on the Russian Ark suggestion: I am a young person interested
> in Russia, its language and its culture, but I still found Russian Ark
> very
> hard to follow. I think that you must have a pretty good knowledge about
> Russian history and culture to even begin to understand the movie. That
> being said, watching the movie might be a wonderful experience if the
> students were provided some background info beforehand? If someone knows
> of
> a 'guide to Russian Ark' or something similar, please do share :)
>
> Kind regards, Ajda.
>
> 2007/12/19, Josh Wilson <jwilson at sras.org>:
>  >
> > I second the rec. for Piter FM. Particularly for a general audience of
> > young
> > students, it will sit well with the majority. It's light, funny, and not
> > so
> > sappy that it will lose the males in the group.
> >
> > I thought Day Watch was a bit hard to follow - particularly if you
> haven't
> > read the books. It's a good movie, but not one I would start students
> on.
> > Russian Ark is beautiful, but perhaps a bit expansive and heavy. Save
> > these
> > for the next showing. :)
> >
> > Just another two cents.
> >
> >
> > Josh Wilson
> > Asst. Director
> > The School of Russian and Asian Studies
> > Editor-in-Chief
> > Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
> > www.sras.org
> > jwilson at sras.org
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> > [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah Hurst
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:15 AM
> > To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] An interesting Russian film to show to student
> > audience
> >
> > I would recommend "Russian Ark" (history of Russia viewed through the
> > corridors of the Hermitage), "The Italian" (boy in an orphanage looks
> for
> > his mother), and "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", about the struggle
> between
> > the forces of light and dark, including vampires!
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> > [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Miluse Saskova-Pierce
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:31 PM
> > To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] An interesting Russian film to show to student
> > audience
> >
> > Dear Seelangsters,
> >
> > I am looking for an interesting and not too boring Russian film to show
> to
> > university and also upper high school audiences.  Needs to be recent,
> > interesting and artistic and not too naked.  And also available for
> > purchase in the US on DVD, with English version or subtitles.
> >
> > Do you have any advise?  Thank you.
> >
> > Mila
> >
> > Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
> > Other Languages Section Head
> > Department of Modern Languages
> > 1133 Oldfather Hall
> > University of Nebraska at Lincoln
> > NE 68588-0315
> >
> > e-mail:  msaskova-pierce1 at unl.edu
> >
> > Tel:  (402) 472 1336
> > Fax: (402) 472 0327
> >
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Richard M. Robin, Ph.D.
Director Russian Language Program
Technical Advisor, GW Language Сenter
The George Washington University
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