The genius of the work speaks volumes, offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates.
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Russian Ark (2002)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:82
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: As successful as it is ambitious, Russian Ark condenses three centuries of Russian history into a single, uninterrupted, 87-minute take.
Theatrical Release:Dec 13, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $2,107,387
Synopsis: A visually hypnotizing cinematic feat, RUSSIAN ARK is Alexsandr Sokurov's spellbinding ode to St. Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Shot in one fluid take using High Definition video cameras,... [More]
Starring: Sergey Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
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Reviews for Russian Ark
Although it is an awesome technical feat, the movie turns out to be just a clever stunt whose welcome is worn out long before the ending credits roll.
02/16/03
There is a genius to (this) experimental and utterly surreal historical epic that has nothing to do with the fact that it was shot in one uninterrupted, mind-boggling take...
02/14/03
Merely as a technical, logistical feat, Russian Ark marks a cinematic milestone.
02/14/03
It's a film, certainly, but also an experiment in human precision, a vast theatrical production, a history lesson, an art appreciation class ...
02/14/03
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02/08/03
Filmmakers, critics and more than a few curious moviegoers are going to be studying Russian Ark for decades.
02/07/03
It's immensely ambitious, different than anything that's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it's trying to do.
02/06/03
An extraordinary dramatic experience.
01/31/03
Top CriticApart from anything else, this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen.
01/31/03
Top CriticFor the truth is, given the audacity, the organization, the seriousness of purpose, the movie isn't nearly as provocative as you think it might be.
01/31/03
Top CriticA extraordinary film, one that, like the museum itself, captures and shows three centuries of Russian culture and history in all its beauty, confusion, terror and majesty.
01/30/03
Top CriticDirector Aleksandr Sokurov and cinematographer Tilman Buttner have accomplished a truly awe-inspiring feat. It's just a shame that the narrative falls victim to the beast that they have created.
01/17/03
'What's the Russian word for Wow!?'
01/13/03
Top CriticA sort of metaphysical historical field trip, the film is inarguably audacious in its technical construction and yet also abstruse to the point of near-absurdity.
01/13/03
The mighty audacity of Russian Ark makes for a singular moviegoing experience. Its artistic richness ensures an unforgettable one as well.
01/10/03
From the craft point of view, this film by Russian director Alexander Sokurov is all but unprecedented, but that hasn't gotten in the way of its beauty and its soul.
01/09/03
Top CriticRussian Ark doesn't act so much as it muses: on art, on history, on Russia versus the West, on politics.
01/09/03
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01/03/03
Both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of Russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement.
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