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Post by petrolino on Sept 15, 2017 22:11:37 GMT
'The Barrier' is a dark tragedy based on a story by Bulgarian fantasist Pavel Vezhinov who adapted his own novel for the screen. Composer Antoni Maney (Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy) drives home from a nightclub with stowaway Doroteya (Vania Tzvetkova) for company and he offers her a place to stay. Doroteya is undergoing psychiatric evaluation for suspected schizophrenia. Doroteya may believe she's Joan Of Arc and she's certain she can fly. Doroteya is also psychic and driven by a desire to read music. Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Joan Of Arc drawn by Clement De Fauquembergue in 1429
'The Barrier' is a philosophical dilemma that intermittently dips inside the realm of avant-garde fantasy. It details the growing relationship between pianist Antoni, who's estranged from his paranoid wife Saprugata (Yevgeniya Barakova), and delicate dreamer Doroteya, who's being regularly counselled by Doctor Yurukova (Maria Dimcheva) at her local clinic. The performers are riveting, the photography of Atanas Tasev is perfectly judged and the story is relayed with cool assurance by director Christo Christov. The harmonic progressions of composer Kiril Tsibulka float gently by like the clouds in Doroteya's mind in this powerful study of spiritual sacrifice.
'We Will All Go Together When We're Gone' - Tom Lehrer
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Post by teleadm on Sept 16, 2017 14:34:23 GMT
The only reason I've heard of Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy is because old fillm books used to mention his Gamlet/Hamlet movie. Found this under 3 min clip on youtube, the To Be or Not to Be monolog, very different from Oliviers... www.youtube.com/watch?v=biB5Q0PoQVk |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 16, 2017 17:02:30 GMT
The only reason I've heard of Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy is because old fillm books used to mention his Gamlet/Hamlet movie. Found this under 3 min clip on youtube, the To Be or Not to Be monolog, very different from Oliviers... www.youtube.com/watch?v=biB5Q0PoQVkHi teleadm. I have two Russian Shakespeare adaptations on dvd directed by the Ukrainian Grigori Kozintsev, 'Hamlet' (1964) with Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy which was translated by Boris Pasternak, and 'King Lear' (1971) featuring music by Dmitri Shostakovich. They're interesting takes on much-filmed plays. That's a great clip of Smoktunovskiy in action, thanks. I'd like to see his film 'Don Quixote' (1957), based on the playwright Evgeny Schwartz's stage version of the novel by Miguel De Cervantes. It's also available on dvd from the world cinema distributor Mr Bongo. |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 16, 2017 17:28:31 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Sept 16, 2017 17:50:09 GMT
Thanks. I think I'll hold out for the subtitled version though, I don't know Russian at all. I'm keen to get the dvd at some point because I have the other 2 Kozintsev pictures on disc and feel they were strong purchases. |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 16, 2017 18:14:56 GMT
Thanks. I think I'll hold out for the subtitled version though, I don't know Russian at all. I'm keen to get the dvd at some point because I have the other 2 Kozintsev pictures on disc and feel they were strong purchases. I wouldn't have understood anything either, unless I had seen the John Lithgow version, or read Illustrated Clasiics for that matter, LOL. it actually helped. Offcourse you choose how you do it!!!  |
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Post by petrolino on Sept 16, 2017 18:20:00 GMT
Thanks. I think I'll hold out for the subtitled version though, I don't know Russian at all. I'm keen to get the dvd at some point because I have the other 2 Kozintsev pictures on disc and feel they were strong purchases. I wouldn't have understood anything either, unless I had seen the John Lithgow version, or read Illustrated Clasiics for that matter, LOL. it actually helped. Offcourse you choose how you do it!!! John Lithgow as Don Quixote sounds like another winner. Think I'll add this version to my list.  |
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