Moscow Elegy
1988 film
- 1988 (1988)
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Moscow Elegy (Russian: Московская элегия) is a 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.[1]
Production
The film consists mostly of Sokurov's narration over stock footage from Tarkovsky's films Mirror, Nostalghia, Voyage in Time, and The Sacrifice, as well as footage of Tarkovsky shot during production for The Sacrifice. Some footage was supplied by Chris Marker.[2] Sokurov also shot footage of various houses and apartments where Tarkovsky had lived. With the exception of some of the archival footage, the film is entirely in black and white. Sokurov and the crew had scheduled a total of 12 days for the entire production.[2]
Reception
The film was first screened at Dom Kino in Moscow in 1987 on Tarkovsky's birthday, and many Russian filmmakers and actors (for example Alexander Kaidanovsky) strongly disliked it.[2]
Similar documentaries
Several other documentaries about Andrei Tarkovsky have been produced. Most notable are Voyage in Time by Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky himself, One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich by Chris Marker, The Recall by Tarkovsky's son Andrei Jr., and Regi Andrej Tarkovskij by Michal Leszczylowski, the editor of Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice.[3] Tarkovsky has also been featured in numerous documentaries about the history of cinema or the craft and art of filmmaking.[4]
References
- ^ Sokurov, Alexander, Moscow Elegy Archived 2007-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, Alexander Sokurov's official website, accessed June 20, 2007
- ^ a b c Sokurov, Alexander, Editor's Notes in DVD release of Moscow Elegy, Ideale Entertainment, 2006
- ^ "[ Nostalghia.com | The Documentaries ]". www.nostalghia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ Trondsen, Trond S.; Jan Bielawski. "Significant Documentaries". Nostalghia.com – An Andrei Tarkovsky Information Site. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
External links
- Moscow Elegy at IMDb
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Films directed by Alexander Sokurov
- The Degraded
- Empire
- The Lonely Voice of Man
- Mournful Unconcern
- Days of Eclipse
- Save and Protect
- The Second Circle
- Stone
- Whispering Pages
- Mother and Son
- Moloch
- Taurus
- Russian Ark
- Father and Son
- The Sun
- Alexandra
- Faust
- Two Brothers and a Sister
- Francofonia
- Fairytale
- Sonata for Viola. Dmitri Shostakovitch
- Elegy
- And Nothing More
- Evening Sacrifice
- Patience of Labour
- Maria
- Moscow Elegy
- Sonata for Hitler
- Petersburg Elegy
- Soviet Elegy
- To The Events In Transcaucasia
- A Simple Elegy
- A Retrospection of Leningrad
- An Example of Intonation
- Elegy from Russia
- Soldier's Dream
- Spiritual Voices
- Oriental Elegy
- Hubert Robert. A Fortunate Life
- A Humble Life
- The St. Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a monument to Dostoevsky
- The St. Petersburg Diary: Kosintsev's Flat
- Confession
- The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
- dolce...
- Elegy of a Voyage
- The St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart. Requiem
- Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
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