Trailer: "Russian Ark"

[Phersephoie]

I still have difficulty concieving this is possible.

[hollowcaustic]

I really hope the DVD has a blooper reel

[WikiWaki91]

i woudl like to see this movie Ö

[Phersephoie]

@WikiWaki91 you should, it is a masterpiece

[zetaro128]

They rehearsed this thousands of times. There's probably hundreds of versions of the film, they just released the one that was the best.

[0Smilelikeyoumeanit]

@zetaro128 There was actually only 3 takes,

And the first two failed due to technical faults.

[BlowDeBloodyDoorsOff]

@0Smilelikeyoumeanit two takes actually, according to Mark Cousins. The first was abandonded, the film is the second take. An incredible piece of work.

[623sandy]

Oh, fuck. I forgot the line. *getsshot*

[usenetposts]

I also sometimes do one take films on YT, but they don't come out as polished as this. I probably need better equipment.

[DpadProductions]

@usenetposts or millions of dollars

[ribogok]

Milestone my ass. More like a tasteless showcase of imperial grandomania.

[Phersephoie]

@ribogok why would you say that? Imperial grandomania maybe but it's still history and must embrace ones history in order to continue their evolution. Nothing is black or white and monarchy with all its faults isn't an exception. As for the tastless part I hope you're not reffering to the cinematography, directing or costumes cause then I'm afraid you shoud do some research on how identical they are to reality. If you're reffering to the aisthetics themselves, well then it's your oppinion.

[SpartnPride]

2000 actors

300 years of Russian history

33 rooms of the hermitage museum

3 live orchestras

and ONE freakin tired cameraman.

[watcheem]

they should've put Ricky Gervais in the leading role!

[DontFuckWitDreDay]

KTO ETO??? DA ! PREVIT, A KAK DELA!!!!!!!

[ledZeppelin7680]

wow. so this film is listed as horror on rotten tomatoes, so halfway through the trailer I'm just beaming at the thought of this aesthetic being the premise of a horror movie, and then the critic quotes roll and I slowly realize rotten tomatoes has played a horrible, cruel joke on me.

[lilcuddlekill]

dewd, this ez lyke soooo kool!!!

[ca1cifer]

Actor: line line messup...

Director: Damn it! Back from the top people.

[wookiewhat]

imagine making an error 30 seconds from the end and then having to redo the whole thing

[SRBIJAJEMAJKA]

russians are serbs

[LiamCrowley1990]

@SRBIJAJEMAJKA No, they're not.

[SRBIJAJEMAJKA]

@LiamCrowley1990 ignorance is bliss ...

[LiamCrowley1990]

@SRBIJAJEMAJKA Yeah, I'm sure it is.

[agugu42]

How did this not win best picture at the oscars? Seriously the committee is biased towards American produced crap.

[alexgrinkov]

@agugu42

I think Oscar today (don't know about the past) is all about pop culture and moving towards crap like teen choice awards etc.

And it isn't really worth paying attention to.

Real stuff is something like Venice Film Festival, where the author of this movie, Sokurov, received its highest prize lately (not for this film though)

[AbsurdRandomness3]

im interested in seeing the film for its single-take extraordinaire, but it looks to me like tedious royal mechanics for 80 minutes straight.

[jlwinters1000]

@AbsurdRandomness3 its a good movie, shocking ending though. the beginning is slow but the scenes are so beautiful you'll find it worth the lag.

[flor20009]

Este é um filme pra quem gosta de História. 

[VivaLaUndead]

@azmi12345 yes, the "in one single, continuous shot," "in a single take" portion of the trailer appears to hint at that.

[CressidaTussaud]

@azmi12345 damn I was about to write that.

[tabber87]

@Mig29tvc You're a fool most likely descended from serfs. You should keep your mouth shut if you decide not to embarrass yourself again.

That being said, I, as an ignorant American, enjoyed this film immensely.

[Mig29tvc]

The problem is, that dumbest nation on the planet (Americans) dont know anything about one of the biggest histries on the planet (russian history). The know only Soviets and Stalin - thats it. So no one there understeand what the film is about. No american would come on the idea that Sakurow goes with the camera through the time, through the 300 years of Russian history. He shows us what the walls of Hermitage know. Magnificent peace of art.

[ImmaDinoSoriaRawr]

@Mig29tvc Excuse me, not all Americans are dumbasses. I have studied the amazing history of Russia from its beginnings in Kiev to the fall of the Soviet Union and more. I know about the tsars as well as the general secretaries. I still have much to learn but I love it. I love learning about Russia and I hope to master the language and visit one day. I know many people who would enjoy and understand this film. If you think that we're all stupid, come and see my America. You'd be surprised! :)

[partyhardydardy]

@Mig29tvc You're exactly right comrade. There's no way any of those stupid "Americans" can understand the beauty and complexity that is Mother Russia. Have fun with your stupid Jersey Shore you dumb Americunts.

[andrjsh]

I watched this last night and was rapt up in it. I lived in Petersburg years ago and went to the Hermitage eight times, so this was a return for me. What others are saying about this being like a dream is apt. It is a luminous perambulation through history, art, emotion, and culture.

[AvatarMarxon90]

Where can I watch it? *sigh* I really really really want to watch this movie. My kingdom for this movie!

[Saeched]

It is simply like a dream, moving, strange almost to the point of horror and yet it is one of my favourite films of alll time, in a league of it's own with 2001 and other great films. And no I'm not over 30 I'm just 13 and the only person in my school to of seen it and I loved every second, brilliant, enchanting and wonderful.....

[mixeili]

FORGOTTEN KING <<< is the new world record in the world .one take film 105 minutes. GEORGIAN people already beaten the guiness record in october 2010.

coming soon in cinemas in january 2011. you can see the trailer of this movie

[HazeyDrake]

Astonishing, and not at all boring, as gcorking12 said. It was in fact brilliant, though I can forsee the problem with our generation and the accompanying degraded attention span being incapable of immersing themself in something that takes hold of their imagination for longer than a few minutes at a time.

[gcorking12]

It was really clever. However it was oh so boring

[jin12345678]

valery gergiev!!

[seriex5]

What a lovely film! I`ve never heard of it....but I wanna see it....

[acdc14terrace]

Truly extraordinary film. It definitly leaves a mark on the viewer and in film history.

[folladordeprostis]

Americans rednecks said this movie sucks

[muffystjohn86]

@folladordeprostis not ALL Americans think that this movie sucks!!! I'm an American, yes I do live in the hills of east TN, i assure you i am NOT a redneck!! This is a fantastic film!!!

[folladordeprostis]

This movie looks good,what is the plot??

[fbaraglia]

@folladordeprostis

two ghosts wander through the Winter Palace. They're eternal, so each room they enter they meet a different time in russian history, people they've met... It's also about the appreciation of art, about history, about being alone, about a lot of things. It's really open to interpretation. It can be really moving if you let it.

[mastaODI56]

i was very impressed by the uniforms

[euginam91]

this movie was insane... it was really cool but I still think cutting is essential to a movie

[GWEN321able]

Lovely

[Beatnik00]

boring movie? did u like it? snob

[ProfeTa6]

I can imagine something like this:

"Cut! Good job people! Perfect performance!"

"Huh boss?"

"Yeah?"

"I forgot to press record."

*murder ensues*

[Gannondalf]

what happens if someone fucked up

[LateMetaL93]

@Gannondalf

they did. 3 times.

[Gannondalf]

@LateMetaL93

so what happened? did they redo it? (i havent watched the movie)

[maccyjames64]

it is so good to see something completely different once in a while. loved this film

[0casteloencantado0]

whose is the music?

[lucareale]

thats CINEMA !

others is entertainment ;) for eating trash-food sitted in a cinema . like zombies

[Exeron91]

I saw it, and i loved it. I felt so, don´t get me wrong, relieved in the end. I´ve just witnessed something extraordinary and it´s a shame that this movie hasn´t gained the attention it deserves. You don´t have to be a professor in film history to understand how genius a film shot in a single take, is.

[Wayshower1212]

@victorinoxical... Excellent comment. I clearly couldn't have said it better myself! Kudos

[jimmyhooha]

Btw props to the cameraman. Steadicams are heavy as shit and this guy managed to shoot continuously for 90 min. Pretty incredible. As for the film is it as good storywise as it is technically?

[victorinoxical]

There is a story element, yes. But it is not imperative to the movie. Russian Ark is just that, an ark of culture. It is the closest thing us normal people will have to actually interacting with Russia's past. A living diorama. That in itself is what this movie should be graded on. And it was beautiful. Uninterrupted majesty.

[jimmyhooha]

Must've been really easy on the editor. Lol.

[theonlyonebuttwo]

@jimmyhooha rofl

[Preacherunico]

@jimmyhooha But think of the nightmare for an actor director...

[vokonick]

@jimmyhooha HAHAHAHA!

[IIdman]

@jimmyhooha not exactly...intraframe content its alco an editor work...changing plans inside the frame and stuff (sorry for my engilsh - its maybe not really good)

[gregbboy619]

@jimmyhooha Hahaha oh yeah, really really easy it must have been. :P

[chrisman737]

Wonderful film. Watching the DVD extras is important. For those who do not truly understand how hard it is to make an entire film like this in one shot, the DVD explains what tremendous labor is involved.

[chrisman737]

Not an impressive feat? I would love to see you do better. Please post a video, done all in one take, that exceeds what we see here. I will be waiting.

[shootitinthehead]

Wow. Well I think Scorsese, Sokurov, and many others would disagree with you. Then again, they're just amateurs.

And what kind of money grab is a single-shot film about an art museum? That aint exactly summer blockbuster fare.

Your statement was asinine. You probably like Rob Zombie's movies.

[mataccnt]

asinine? You must know alot about film. As for Rob zombie, the overall appearance of the devils rejects was surprisingly well finished - quality story or not. The fact that you were able to do a little research and come up with these spectacular counter points is a display of your ability to use imdb. Your opinions are based on those of filmmakers who have made it. Maybe if you begin taking a film at face value and giving it a personal rating you will be able to make it also.

[SteamMachine]

@mataccnt

Man, whatever you said might have been intelligent but I didn't bother reading because

>Rob Zombie

>surprisingly well finished

Nah, man. Rob Zombie films have zero redeeming qualities.

[Superhumanattack]

Ah suck it ben hurr! jk

[punk2116]

TOTALLY INCREDIBLE. Hey i shot that scene. NOT.

[margethemouse]

I feel lucky to have seen this movie, it's lovely.

[Twiggy90Couture]

OMG shut up! r u ppl 11 years old? This movie will be regarded an innovated beautiful cinematic masterpieace in 20,50,70 years from now like Gone with the Wind, Le Mépris or Wild Strawberries.

[capitalistpigdogus]

Harold and Kumar's Star Wipe.

[septip123]

Unbelievable. I am in total awe

[MrEdwardrochester]

Russia is a theatre. Eternal people,live on and keep living. you`ll live forever.......

[Fedotof]

Yes, Russia is a theatre for you, Europeans. Like we are, Russians, playing roles of Europeans and nobody knows who we are under masks. Copyists like Kustin says? Theatre? Or not human at all, like Germans thought in 41st? Or Red monster that eats everything around him and his own tale? Thats easy, you need to be Russian to understand that, thats what this film about. And thats why this trailer focuses on technic, not idea. Idea is Just not for you.

[lucifersam111]

@Fedotof This film says - Stop copying European style - don't take what is not yours. Petersburg - what's original there? soulless copy of european architecture. Your Glinka and his poor copy of polish mazurka... Be yourselves!

[KahnBB6]

I saw this first on DVD before I took any cinema classes. I found it quite atmospheric and sumptuous. It's a massive paraphrasing of Russian history but the seamless flow from eras more than made up for it. Have you ever been in a castle or palace that's anything like the Hermitage? I think it's more a movie for lovers of grand visual spaces than merely cinema but that's me. A continuous and uncut shot is quite amazing too and I didn't find it boring.

[LeOceanLia]

What is this song called?! Is it by Glinka?

[pancholin89]

imagine messing up the last line...

[jayandsilentbob96]

hahahahah

[bandarrinhabrandao]

This is the most gay film i ever seen! YOU SUCK

[jayandsilentbob96]

How old are you seriously?

[MyHawaiiWebMagazine]

Amazing movie.

One of the must see movie.

[miaangel345]

Wow, one take!?! What an amazing DP this film must of had!

[zehnli]

What do you mean by DP? Sorry, I'm not familiar with that term..

[mindtpi]

Director of Photography?

[KahnBB6]

I'm not sure of the DP but as I understand it, Alexander Sokurov (director) operated the Steadicam rig and HD camera himself.  Insisted on it, in fact.

[Nilsnqe]

no he didn't, Tilman Büttner was the steadicamoperator and DP. He also provided the running steadicam shots for "Lola Rennt" (run Lola run).

[AgentCaution]

Not true. Watch the making of docs on the DVD. The DP/operator was not Sokurov, who followed beside him the whole time giving directions..

[johnyzero2000]

This movie is best seen in the theater and you get the whole impact. I'm positive that there was a lot of preparation, rehearsing and choreography before this picture was shot.

[LewisQ]

Fucking awesome film. Shame this trailer focuses more on the technical aspects than the quality of the film itself. Watching this movie is like wandering through someone else's dream, a unique experience in cinema, and art generally. Anyone who was bored by it is a rank philistine.

[cage336]

@LewisQ i'm bored by this...

[Jessrackham]

@cage336 Then you probably deserve to watch a sport instead - maybe you'd understand it; or, that'd probably be too much for you - perhaps you could go shoot a gun at a target, repeatedly, over and over. 

[javes1994]

@LewisQ go to see Rambo, you motherfucker

[VelikyUstyug1]

@LewisQ Well said- although enjoyzing what the film has to offer presupposes a certain amount of mental wherewithal of which many are simply bereft. Fortunately we are not, and we can enjoy experiencing ourselves through such clairvoyant sublimity.

[nazirdjon]

last night i watched half of it. i wish i'd bette slept instead. didn't like it

[luuko656]

i think you got a right to say such a thing.

[KaptainKlein]

Yeah it isn't bad to have a different opinion like so many people think

[nazirdjon]

that's one big advertisemnt for the camera

[BoborGlenn]

Probably one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Incredible. I felt like the proverbial fly on the wall to 300 years of Russian history. God bless the Tsar!

[mdoub]

did the guy get tired holding the camera???????

[michaeldoocey]

it was a horse

[mdoub]

i couldn't read the credits at the end

[jimupsman]

I have this on DVD and on the extras they interview all the people that worked on the film and he said he almost quit near the end but he held on until the end

[PiusMatthias]

Excellent film! I enjoyed it so much.

[kitt75]

One of the best films I have ever seen. Eerie, decadent, mesmerizing and confusing, but a masterpiece.

[mickywagner]

this was so trippy to watch and i wasn't even on drugs at the time!

[DjordjepunX]

Samo Rusi!

[DjordjepunX]

Samo Rusi!

[QueenRenee]

I can't wait to see it! I rented the DVD today!

[lourdesjazmine]

Y cada vez que alguién se equivocaba tenían que repetir TODO denuevo.... pueden imaginarse?

[tehPhire]

ay si, que lastima!

[espp1973]

Se necesitaron 4 intentos para lograrla; las primeras 3 veces, hubo fallos tecnicos que fastidiaban las cosas, y en la cuarta ocasion el camarografo casi tiraba la toalla del cansancio, pero logro terminarla.

[RusskiSuperPower]

Russian Argh, indeed.

[RusskiSuperPower]

Pretentious and meaningless Post-Modern drivel without a plot or coherent dialogue contrived to fool Western critics with Russian exoticism.

[justinoakey]

If anything it would be pretentious to think that because a film or video is without tangible plot or dialogue that is drivel. Or it could be pretentious of you calling something as beautiful and remarkable as this film "meaningless" out of some sort of spite. Nothing is contrived, nothing is out to fool the West - it is clearly a passionate work of art done as a tribute to one's country. You don't have to like it, but don't be a jerk for the sheer sake of it.

[EntropyHaptens]

A masterpiece that is doubtless, from another experience, another country, the other perspective marvels at the artistry that can be woven into patriotism.  I can't help but feel a little jealous. I agree it would be a shame to label any art in the mold of patriotism, the inseparableness of locality, passion, and being human leads a person to that impasse.

[EntropyHaptens]

To say art and patriotism are naturally separate, is a naive premise, I agree.

[TheThroney]

you talk smart

[PrinceMushkin]

Patriotism is political, if one could feel some pride about cultural developed over hundreds of years, if that being your point, I would say it has nothing to do with patriotism but all to do with appreciating human development in a certain geographical area. I havn't seen the movie, but as one interested in Russian things, not communist things (and certainly not patriotic things) I am very interested in viewing this film. I am ashamed of the communists and their history.

[bradsnot]

The greatest piece of cinematic art EVER made-thankyou-a miracle

[dedicatedrr]

Glad to hear everyone is saying this awesome, I want to see it!

[psychologicalshock]

Finally, something positive. = )

[BonjourBrend08]

one of the most unique films of our time!

[WeirdoNorb]

This is one of the most amazing movies ever!! Over 90 minutes in just one shot all around the Hermitage Museum.

[PeterStoev]

One of the best movies I have ever seen!

[bossa]

Thanks for sharing!:)

[alkhth]

its from the best ever films

Sokurov kick the holywood ass in one shot