An interesting Russian film to show to student audience

[Andreas Giebelhaus]

Hello All,

what about "Zhivoy" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880504/) ?
I my opinion it's a wonderful movie!

regards
Andreas

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Am 19.12.07 15:03:28 schrieb Ajda Kljun <ajda.kljun at GMAIL.COM>:

>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-----
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>> [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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