Very nice visuals, but they could have been tied to specific representation a bit more than they were. At times you have this perfect marriage of the abstract with real concepts (the wheels, trains, tunnel), while other times it becomes essentially random, seemingly not representing anything but the shapes themselves.
This piece is almost like an unofficial anthem for the USSR era. "Stronger, higher and faster! Equality, factories, science!" - and then it collapsed, along with its ideals. There is currently a terrible emptiness in the Russian psyche where those used to be.
I hope that Americans will not live to see the day when their own ideals collapse as well. Corrupt as things are in the US now, the day when the powerful will not even feel the need to pretend to abide by those ideals will be terrible.
I love this so so much I presented it in class when I was researching Russian Constructivism.
EB88 3 months ago
Best short film I've ever seen before..
I saw this when I was 12 and it was like: ...WOW!!!!! :O
ranXerox09 1 year ago 6
It is said Theodore Ushev was inspired by Tatlin's Tower, the huge un-built monument of Soviet Times. A crazy Soviet dream spinning out of control.
AztecaTheater 1 year ago
Very nice visuals, but they could have been tied to specific representation a bit more than they were. At times you have this perfect marriage of the abstract with real concepts (the wheels, trains, tunnel), while other times it becomes essentially random, seemingly not representing anything but the shapes themselves.
Niffiwan 1 year ago
This piece is almost like an unofficial anthem for the USSR era. "Stronger, higher and faster! Equality, factories, science!" - and then it collapsed, along with its ideals. There is currently a terrible emptiness in the Russian psyche where those used to be.
I hope that Americans will not live to see the day when their own ideals collapse as well. Corrupt as things are in the US now, the day when the powerful will not even feel the need to pretend to abide by those ideals will be terrible.
Niffiwan 1 year ago 5
how do people conjure such stuff. Amazing!
bhaswarmallick 1 year ago
CCCP!! Komunism!
nonamenia16 1 year ago
ENDUT! HOCH HECH!
doktorfolkenstein 1 year ago 2
@doktorfolkenstein What the hell was that ! :D
1Neurasthenique 1 year ago 3
Time, forward! written for russian national newschannel by G.Swiridov
fixer20 1 year ago
@fixer20 It's actually written for the movie, but then used by the Channel One.
BEPrimAnim 1 year ago
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1aposum 1 year ago
What's the name of this song ?
Misantropist 1 year ago
@Misantropist Music theme called Time, Forward! by Georgy Sviridov from the 1967 film Time, Forward!
1aposum 1 year ago
Triumph!
CrescentoD 2 years ago
Exceptional! Probably one of the best animations ever, as I love construktivist stuff. This could easily pass as a Foetus video (the music too!)
julzfin 2 years ago
awesome song love it :3
hevil93 2 years ago
@hevil93 Hey, im you in the future we need to give this song more rep, doncha agree?
hevil93 1 year ago