1 article from 2008
DVD Spotlight: 9/3.
3 September 2008 10:45 AM, PDT
| GreenCine
| See recent GreenCine news
»
Larisa Shepitko, notes Josef Braun, "studied under the greatAlexander Dovzhenko, director ofArsenal (1928) and Earth (30), but being an all-too-apt pupil, and part of what would prove an iconoclastic generation of Soviet filmmakers, she would not uphold or even reconfigure the traditions of her mentor so much as follow his example as an innovator and exacting aesthete, developing an utterly distinctive voice, one that would seek poetic methods of externalizing internal, individual transformations rather than, in accordance with official Soviet ideology, speak for the glory of a people."
"Privilege was all but dismissed by the critics as 'hysterical' and 'juvenile' and roundly denounced in the press... In [director Peter] Watkins's own words, 'The fact that everything shown or implied in the film has come about in Britain subsequent years - especially during Margaret Thatcher's nationalistic period - has not changed its status as a completely marginalized film in that country.'" Sean Axmaker for TCM.
»
- dwhudson
Permalink | Report a problem
1 article from 2008
See all NewsDesk partners
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the
above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our
users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we
guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the
site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may
have.
