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Pompeii (2014)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 22:40:59 GMT
Everest (2015)
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Post by Geddy on Nov 14, 2018 22:41:39 GMT
Earthquake (1974).
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Post by amyghost on Nov 14, 2018 22:50:54 GMT
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 14, 2018 23:23:45 GMT
Neotpravlennoe pismo , Letter Never Sent (1960) Mikhail Kalatozov Four geologists on a state sponsored expedition are helicopter dropped into a remote boreal forest. it will be a challenging adventure, the three men and one woman are attempting to locate industrial grade diamonds in the wilderness of the Central Siberian Plateau. A mood of disorientation and danger persists and hangs over the group, however the film takes a further dramatic shift. Overnight the pristine paradise has turned to hell caused by a natural disaster. Wild forest fires engulf the landscape. A deadly natural occurrence, uncontrollably huge areas are burnt periodically ignited by lighting strikes. With their supplies cut off and communication lost, the film becomes a desperate human struggle, with the adventurers now tasked with conquering the wildfires and overpowering the hostile forces of nature. A stunning collaboration, highly recommended cinematic art, composed from the masterful direction of Mikhail Kalatozov and the superb cinematography of Sergei Urusevsky..
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 14, 2018 23:56:11 GMT
The River (1984) The Swarm (1978) Dante's Peak (1996)
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Post by london777 on Nov 15, 2018 0:01:27 GMT
I have not seen the other two, but the whole point of The Towering Inferno was that it was an avoidable, man-made disaster. I considered that, but once the fire gets going, it's still a natural disaster. According to that logic: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) dir: Val Guest The Earth suffers rapid and irreversible heating due to the USSR and USA simultaneously setting off H-bombs. Once the bombs have gone off, it's a natural disaster.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 15, 2018 0:10:22 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 15, 2018 0:17:01 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 15, 2018 0:17:51 GMT
Not a BIG disaster but ….
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Nov 15, 2018 0:54:13 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 15, 2018 16:21:25 GMT
Neotpravlennoe pismo , Letter Never Sent (1960) Mikhail Kalatozov I'm grateful for your having called attention to this finely crafted film. Watched it for the first time last night after seeing your post, and was bowled over by the compositions, movement and astonishing use of lighting effects - both natural and artificial - in the exquisite cinematography. Very effective sound design as well. The music scoring is often quite evocative, if only occasionally veering to the bombastic. Along with the harrowing nature of the story's events, I found myself feeling that the shoot itself must have been nearly as harrowing at times for cast and crew, and I'm sure I'll never know how they accomplished some of it. Since beginning to sample Soviet films of the Cold War era, I've been struck by how deeply humanistic many are. As a child of that era, I guess I had expected something along the lines of cinematic manifestos. Indeed, while nationalistic messaging about the nobility of sacrifice in service to a Greater Good does find its way into the narrative, it's surprisingly moderated by occasions of subversive counterpoint, as in a sequence in which their radio, damaged in their flight from the fire and unable to transmit the details of their peril, can only bleat ironically jingoistic exhortations of heroism and celebratory welcomes supposedly awaiting them while they fight every minute just to survive for another. If events of the film's second half tend toward melodrama, these, too, are moderated by the expert development, construction and pacing of the first half, which achieves so much with admirable understatement; any contrivance is tempered by viewers' emotional investment in these four characters - and their individual and collective fates - which is accomplished so skillfully. All of this is to state that Neotpravlennoe pismo is not a simple exercise in style over substance, even while emphasizing that, above all, it's the marvelous imagery that most commands attention.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 15, 2018 21:30:13 GMT
Doghouse6 and manfromplanetx Thank you for your beautiful introductions to Neotpravlennoe pismo, Letter Never Sent (1960). I have not seen it, but you have made me yearn to do so. Thank you so much. Dee-lighted! Gotta admit I was sold on seeing it just from the single frame grab posted in manfromplanetx's write-up. Pictures are truly worth however many thousands of words, and I was sure I'd enjoy looking at, if nothing else, any film that could put such elegant and eloquent images onto the screen. And those faces! That's another characteristic of Soviet cinema of the era that I've noticed, indicative of the humanistic aspect I mentioned: the way players' faces are so movingly displayed and intimately explored to convey as much or more than any text might. And still another: the mood-inducing use of sky in so many compositions, as suggested in some of those I included, that can convey optimism or oppression; joyful abandon or gripping apprehension; determination or desolation; serenity or calamity. Properly photographed, the sky is a great actor. Anyway, may your yearning soon be rewarded.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 16, 2018 8:57:46 GMT
Neotpravlennoe pismo , Letter Never Sent (1960) Mikhail Kalatozov Since beginning to sample Soviet films of the Cold War era, I've been struck by how deeply humanistic many are. Hi there Doghouse6 I was most interested to read your overview, and further to your thoughts on Soviet film , At our place just two nights ago, having just watched Kamennyy tsvetok ,The Stone Flower (1946) we had a similar discussion, trying to pin-point, that special quality, that unique essence which makes Soviet era film stand-out ? I agree wholeheartedly with you " deeply humanistic" we came up with wholesome...
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 16, 2018 19:14:50 GMT
Since beginning to sample Soviet films of the Cold War era, I've been struck by how deeply humanistic many are. Hi there Doghouse6 I was most interested to read your overview, and further to your thoughts on Soviet film , At our place just two nights ago, having just watched Kamennyy tsvetok ,The Stone Flower (1946) we had a similar discussion, trying to pin-point, that special quality, that unique essence which makes Soviet era film stand-out ? I agree wholeheartedly with you " deeply humanistic" we came up with wholesome... Thanks, manfromplanetx. The Stone Flower sounds different from those I've seen, so I'll look into that next. As they say, if it's good enough for you...
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Post by teleadm on Nov 17, 2018 23:02:51 GMT
A bit off subject, How do one measure a disaster. This was after the Gudrun hurricane, many trees falled but can always be re-used (IKEA), unlike in a fire.
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