Day 1: Russian Romantic Films
Senior Experience Foreign Film Project Day 1: Russian Romantic Films For the first week of the project, I will be watching films that center around themes of love and romance. While a defined "genre" of film, finding movies that fit this for the 5 countries was somewhat difficult, so some of these are going to be a bit of a stretch. That said, the two movies for day one will be "The Cranes Are Flying (1957, dir. Mikhail Kalatozov)" and "Solaris (1972, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)" The Cranes Are Flying (1957, dir. Mikhail Kalatozov) Pleasantly surprised with this one. One thing that obviously deserves mention is the visuals. As far as shot by shot composition and general choreography (the way the actors and camera moves is beyond impressive), "The Cranes are Flying" is a masterwork. Every single scene feels thought-through and incredibly entertaining, giving even the slower scenes something to chew on. Although, unfortunately, the editing was fairly sl...