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Excellent Russian film, set in 1906, about a cell of assassins. Just out on DVD in the US. Stars Siberian actor Andrei Panin. (Holy shit, does he look like John Voigt or what?) Anyone seen it?

― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 15 August 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

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just in case

― M. V. (M.V.), Friday, 9 September 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

once more with feeling

― that one guy, Friday, 9 September 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Haven't seen it, but the IMDB reviews stirs a vague memory of some recent UK Guardian article. Sounds interesting, and there has certainly been some wild stuff coming out of Russia lately. How is it? Tell all. Should I risk ten dollars on a dubious eBay copy?

― Soukesian, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

The Region 1 Kino DVD is 4:3 AR; IMDB says it was filmed widescreen. Yet the DVD doesn't look like either a P & S or open matte. Very strange, no?

Very vivid deep-focus look to it, and production values seem first-rate. The storyline is quite episodic. Certainly not as weird and compelling as, say, Russian Ark, but I do recommend it.

I meant to type 1905, not 1906, in my original post, btw.

Let me know about the dubious ebay copy, should you decide to buy it.

― M. V. (M.V.), Friday, 16 September 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

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