“What kind of ‘hyper-realism’ was it? It was just an effort to tell more truth about the war.” — Aleksei Y. German There are countless anecdotes about Russian filmmaker Aleksei German’s demands for historical accuracy. Some classics involve him suspending production ...
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“You are just a face, a mask, an object, a thing— behind it, there’s nothing. The void.” Cosmos (2015) is radiant, among director Andrzej Żuławski’s warmest films, favoring the fervor of ecstasy over that of despair. But did Żuławski’s final ...
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