RE: [microsound] "the city of the future" question

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2:44 PM -0800 3/24/03, pelagius pelagius wrote:
>Does anyone have any good recomendations beyond Tarkovsky and 
>well-known stuff like Eisenstein?

Yes:  Aleksandr Sokurov.  He has done numerous features since the 
1980s, including one, "Days of the Eclipse," based on a story by the 
Strugatsky brothers (whose "Roadside Picnic" was the basis of 
Tarkowskij's "Stalker"), as well as many video works in his "Elegies" 
series.  In the US, one must count on festivals and museums (and in 
Berkeley the PFA) to screen his work, although his recent "Russian 
Ark" has miraculously secured distribution here, and his stunning 
"Mother and Son" can even be had on DVD.  For those to whom 
Tarkowskij's most introspective work appeals, this last is 
recommended viewing.  And although he is not Russian, Bela Tarr is 
working in a territory near to Tarkowskij's as well, but with the 
exception of "Werckmeister Harmonies" his films are sadly just as 
rare as Sokurov's on US screens.
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Joshua Maremont / Thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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