Russian Ark
The latest in the 51-year-old Russian filmmaker´s personal journey through Russian history and culture. Made in just one day thanks to the technological innovations of the digital steadycam, Sokurov´s film is a single-take 90-minute look at the treasures housed in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The camera follows a French aristocrat as he walks through the 33 rooms where he encounters some of Russia's most important historical figures of the last 400 years.
The film on line
The longest shot: excerpts from the official web site of the film that herald´s Sokurov´s return to Cannes after Moloch and Taurus [Russianark.spb.ru]
The Filmmakers: again from the official web site, interviews, made both before and after this film was made, with the artistic directors of this ambitious project [Russianark.spb.ru]
The Sokurov Method: from the director´s official web site, a collection of Sokurov´s ideas about poetic creativity [Sokurov.spb.ru]
In the shadow of the film: a virtual tour of the Hermitage, including many of the film´s locations [Hermitagemuseum.org]
(Translated from Italian)
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