Sunday, 9 October 2011

Come and See / Иди и смотри / Idi i Smotri (1985 Elem Klimov)

Written by he and Ales Adamovich, based on a 1978 book 'I Am From the Firey Village'.

I managed to take a breath after about an hour of Elem Klimov's final film, Come and See, when a hiatus occurs after a barrage of unrelenting sound and devastating images. This is a war film totally unlike anyone else's. No doubt Roger Deakins (who recommended it) admired Alekei Rodinov's amazing tracking shots in difficult light.

Hallucinogenic and searingly powerful, after which Q said I looked 'depressed'.

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