#SovietCinema

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2025-05-18

“Let there be gaps between the pearls so that the construction of things becomes visible”

Kira Muratova quoting Rustam Chamdamov

I always knew Viy (1967) to be one of if not the scariest horror films ever created. I have never seen it at that point but I knew the undeniable fact.

One evening in 2000s I remember getting ready to go to sleep at my grandparents house and I saw a commercial telling me that - hey - Viy is coming to your screens in 10min.

I hurried to my grandma begging her to let me watch it and after a bit of convincing that I will not have nightmares after the film - she allowed me to watch it.

At that time I have already been introduced to Wrong Turn so the scare aspect was not as shiver-inducing as my older relatives have told me, but the magic and the tales of ancestors in this film stayed with me forever.

I do recomment this film to every single person that is interested in #horror, in old-timey special effects, slavic folklore and the queen of Soviet-era #cinema Natalya Varley.

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#art #viy #вий #digitalart #procreate #sovietcinema #folklore #slavicfolklore #natalyavarley #poster #drawing
2024-11-28

AKS-1 test shoot on polypan-f, with PO3-3 35mm lens

clearly the lens is not working correctly, was focused on infinity but this is the result. non-reflex is not good with this kind of thing.
now watching some russian guys on youtube doing diy repairs on this kind of camera...

botched the developing as well, didn't load the Lomo tank properly, but doesnt matter as this would not be usable anyway

#diycinema #experimentalcinema #nosfeart #mediaart #sovietcinema #lomo #sovietlenses

blurry black and white image with river in the middle, trees on the benches and a factory in the background
2024-11-23

3/3 • «...Первым гостям показали танцпол на 2,5 тыс. человек, пять баров и три лаунж-зоны. Заводской цех пропитали ретрофутуризмом, привезли именитых диджеев из США и Великобритании, а также задали светским гостям домашнее задание по дресс-коду „советский шик“. Все его осознали по-своему: одни пришли в образах героинь „Служебного романа“, другие — „Интердевочки“». kommersant.ru/doc/7310354 #EugeniaMilova #clubbin #Tau #mosgosrave #sovietcinema #MW #позжевсех
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1 — здесь: 15 ноября 2024 г.

Пустая картинка-заглушка // Blank placeholder image
2024-01-02

youtube.com/watch?v=mSItuKySQC (01:29:34)
СОЛОВЕЙ-СОЛОВУШКО (The Nightingale)
{1936, Nikolai Ekk; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #SovietCinema #FilmDiary1223

2024-01-02

youtube.com/watch?v=ggwbxmn22P (42:53)
КАРНАВАЛ ЦВЕТОВ (Carnival of Colours)
{1935, Nikolai Ekk; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #SovietCinema #FilmDiary1223 #ArtInFilms

2023-11-12

youtube.com/watch?v=3nTB7ju2M7 (09:02)
БІЛА АРЕНА (The White Arena)
{1987, Iryna Hurvych; Soviet Union, Ukraine}

#Film #ShortFilm #Animation #StopMotion #SovietCinema #FemaleFilmmakers #FilmDiary1123

2023-10-25

ТРОФЕИ ВЕЛИКИХ БИТВ
(Trophies of Great Battles)
{1943, Igor Savchenko; Soviet Union}

#Film #ShortFilm #FilmDiary1023 #SovietCinema

2023-10-24

youtube.com/watch?v=7jFRnhf0wo (47:20)
НОВЕЛЛЫ (Novels) {1941, Aleksandr Macheret; Soviet Union}

AI colorized version

#Film #Cinema #SovietCinema #FilmDiary1023

2023-09-24

youtube.com/watch?v=dJWGIw8_pW (01:16:00)
КОНЕК-ГОРБУНОК (The Humpbacked Horse)
{1941, Aleksandr Rou; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #SovietCinema #Fairytale #FilmDiary0923

2023-08-21

youtu.be/N-jz6Xr8SUc (01:27:16)
ПАДЕНИЕ ДИНАСТИИ РОМАНОВЫХ
(The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty)
{1927, Esfir Shub; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #FoundFootage #SovietCinema #FemaleFilmmakers #FilmDiary0823

2023-08-16

On August 15, 1980, Stalker debuted in Finland. Here’s an original portrait of Alexander Kaidanovsky!
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#Stalker #Stalker1979 #AndreiTarkovsky #RoadsidePicnic #BorisAndArkadyStrugatsky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #DystopianScienceFiction #SovietFilm #SovietCinema #Art #MovieArt #MovieHistory

Pen drawing of a man lying in bed drawn on a blue Christian pamphlet.
2023-07-03

100 DAYS BEFORE THE COMMAND (1990)
Vagamente ispirato all'omonimo romanzo di #YuriPolyakov, il quale ha criticato aspramente la pellicola, segue la vita di cinque giovani reclute dell'#ArmataRossa in un campo di addestramento, che diventano vittime soprusi e violenze da parte dei superiori. Il misterioso ritrovamento dei corpi di alcuni soldati suicidati sconvolgerà l'unità militare...
vaevedi.it/2023/07/100-days-be

#100DaysBeforetheCommand #HusseinErkenov #sovietcinema #film

2023-06-06

After being shelved for years, Klimov's 'Farewell' was published 40 years ago.
It tells the story of Matjora, a Siberian village threatened by near-flooding caused by the construction of a power station.

"[...]she washes down her house and prepares it for burial like a corpse."

Matjora, deserted, faces the vast expanse of water that will swallow it in due course, and something of value on this earth will disappear forever.

imdb.com/title/tt0086149/

#Kakhovka #ElemKlimov #SovietCinema #Cinema

German film poster for "Farewell"("Abschied von Matjora").
A montage of several inhabitants of Matjora with stunned and frightened expressions in front of a burning tree in the background.
2023-05-14

ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ ВАСИЛИЯ БОРТНИКОВА
(The Return of Vasili Bortnikov)
{1953, Vsevolod Pudovkin; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #StalinistCinema #SovietCinema #MarkedFrames #FilmDiary0323

2023-05-12

НАВСТРЕЧУ ЖИЗНИ (Towards Life)
{1952, Nikolay Lebedev; Soviet Union}

#Film #Cinema #SovietCinema #StalinistCinema #FilmDiary0323

2023-05-06

youtu.be/DTFZAA48Ozw (01:40:42)
СПОРТИВНАЯ ЧЕСТЬ (Sporting Honour)
{1951, Vladimir Petrov; Soviet Union}

#Cinema #Film #SovietCinema #PaintingsInFilms #FilmDiary0323

2023-05-04

ЩЕДРОЕ ЛЕТО (Bountiful Summer)
{1951, Boris Barnet; Soviet Union, Ukraine}

#Film #Cinema #StalinistCinema #SovietCinema #FilmDiary0223

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