Saturday, May 3, 2008

Tackling Russian

During the weekend I've been looping two Russian movies and listening to random things.

One of the movies is Skazka o poteryannom vremeni (The Tale of Time Lost) which is appropriate punishment for my laziness. I have only yesterday discovered that the DVD also has Russian subtitles, which is of great help.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 5, 2008 at 1:56 AM

    Hello!
    If you watch some Russian movies, at least *I* would be very grateful if you would review them just a tiny bit, so that I know if it is worth the bother to try and track them down. I live in the not so very convenient Norway, and finding Russian movies here is not overwhelmingly easy ;)

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  2. ReinekeMay 5, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    Hi

    I have several movies queued up and I have so far watched only a few old children's movies and several new releases including the fantasy "Night Watch". I also watched a crime series (Brigada). This one is apparently popular even outside Russia and "Night Watch" has a following although I didn't like it. Come to think of it, I've seen quite a lot already. I will remember to describe them in the future. The children's movies I've been watching are 60's Russian children's movies - with all that implies. However Skazka o poteryannom vremeni is entertaining, and not just in the retro sort of way if you can live wthout special effects that is. Liguistically (and otherwise) it's perfect for repeated viewing. It's a tale set in modern times and therefore a little different from traditional fairy tales featuring goblins, national heroes etc. Finding good Russian movies that one can watch repeatedly is sort of a challenge in the US unless you're a grim, brooding, intellectual type.

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  3. frenkeldMay 6, 2008 at 11:01 AM

    Someone I know liked this a lot: http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=7527

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  4. frenkeldMay 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    It must be 7527 in the previous post.

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  5. ReinekeMay 6, 2008 at 6:45 PM

    Ликвидация

    Cool, Russian reality TV.

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  6. ReinekeAugust 17, 2008 at 4:23 PM

    EDIT: I have decided against Moscowflix. At the moment they require users to file a police report and a lost mail report with USPS in case of a missing DVD. If not, they'll charge you $29.99 per DVD. The second broken DVD is, you guessed it, $29.99.

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