Under Southern Eyes – Page 142 – A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.

Alexander Nevsky: a well-made though not brilliant propaganda film about a Russian mediaeval hero

Sergei Eisenstein, “Alexander Nevsky” (1938) Unashamedly patriotic and stirring action-movie propaganda for the masses and

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Martin Scorsese, “Taxi Driver” (1976) As a character study of a lonely and alienated man

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Andrei Tarkovsky, “Stalker” (1979) For Western audiences used to fast action science fiction movies, “Stalker”

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Marek Pestrak, “Pilot Pirx’s Inquest” / “Test Pilota Pirxa” / “Doznanie Pilota Pirksa” (1979) A joint

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Sergei Parajanov and David Abashidze, “Ashik Kerib” (1988) The last completed film by Georgian /

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Carol Reed, “The Third Man” (1949) Here’s an excellent movie character study about the testing

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Georgiy Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov, “Viy” (1967) A rare 1960s Soviet film in the horror

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Renny Harlin, “5 Days of War” aka “5 Days of August” (2011) Directed by Renny

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Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennady Kazansky, “Chelovek-Amfibiya” aka “Amphibian Man” (1962) An unusual science fiction /

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Akira Kurosawa, “Rashomon” (1950) For this film, director Kurosawa used a blend of two short

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