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Russian Ark
	Topic by: Cinenaut Posted: September 3, 2003 - 9:10 AM PDT Last Reply: November 28, 2003 - 2:31 PM PST

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Cinenaut	post #1  on September 3, 2003 - 9:10 AM PDT   Yay! Russian Ark is coming soon. I haven't seen it, but it's supposed to be amazing.
dpowers	post #2  on September 3, 2003 - 11:58 AM PDT   s'pretty! and so russian. not soviet. russian.
Cinenaut	post #3  on September 3, 2003 - 12:09 PM PDT   Do you think it'll hold up well on the small screen?
dpowers	post #4  on September 4, 2003 - 6:58 PM PDT   we asked 1 people that question, and here are the result: NO. (100%) sample comment: as it's both cut-less and standoffish, in miniature it will fail to engage, even though it started life as video. YES. (0%) sample comment: [dog barking in distance] margin for error on our survey is shamefully large so we're not going to report it.
dpowers	post #5  on September 4, 2003 - 7:40 PM PDT   that comment about the whale and the fish tank is appropriate here, but i find fish tanks compelling viewing. it's very possible that the camera movement will play well, it's really cool.
Cinenaut	post #6  on September 5, 2003 - 9:58 AM PDT   I'll check it out. It's in the queue... somewhere. Here's the Russian Ark web page. Wow, they even have photographs of people making the costumes.
wdrazo	post #7  on September 5, 2003 - 9:39 PM PDT   Can't wait to see this.....
dpowers	post #8  on September 23, 2003 - 3:34 PM PDT   okay there's a review in on the DVD and i might have been right... great idea but BOOOORING by rarcher September 22, 2003 - 8:10 AM PDT i didn't make it past 1 hour, so if something actually HAPPENED after that, forgive me... basically what you get is a long tour through the hermitage with people showing up in period costumes once in a while you don't really get to SEE the art nothing really happens it sounds like a great idea but it just didn't happen "don't get to see the art" wasn't a big problem in the theater.
Cinenaut	post #9  on September 24, 2003 - 9:14 AM PDT   I think Russian Ark has just become a queue orphan.
dpowers	post #10  on September 24, 2003 - 9:54 AM PDT   it's a tough call i can't make without seeing the DVD. how are you with tarkovsky on a little screen?
Cinenaut	post #11  on September 24, 2003 - 11:31 AM PDT   I see what you're saying. I should rent it when I'm not feeling drowsy.
larbeck	post #12  on September 24, 2003 - 12:00 PM PDT   > On September 4, 2003 - 6:58 PM PDT dpowers wrote: > --------------------------------- > we asked 1 people that question, and here are the result: > Gotta to be the wittest post in some time!!!! [high fives dpowers and send him cartwheeling into the sunset]
dpowers	post #13  on September 24, 2003 - 4:46 PM PDT   it's all a lark
hamano	post #14  on October 6, 2003 - 10:47 PM PDT   Prospero's Books was one of the first films to be shot on HDTV. How does this film compare in artsy concept realization?
sakana	post #15  on November 28, 2003 - 2:31 PM PST   > On September 3, 2003 - 11:58 AM PDT dpowers wrote: > --------------------------------- > s'pretty! and so russian. not soviet. russian. > --------------------------------- I could never actually describe what that means, but I know it's a good thing. Can't wait to get my hands on this one.