His most significant works include a feature film, russian ark, filmed in a single unedited shot. The louvre during the nazi occupation by dorota niemitz 27 july 2016 written and directed by alexander sokurov. Alexander sokurovs search for spiritual identity in. But reality soon intrudes as american soldiers overrun his manicured gardens and visions of hiroshima invade his dreams. Top 10 aleksandr sokurov, a list of films by michel. Nov 14, 2011 he is the great russian director who once shot a whole film in a single take. Alexander sokurov has a fair claim as russias most distinguished living. A meditation on emperor hirohito set at the time of japans world war ii surrender, it. His father was a military officer, a veteran of world war ii. Im not sure whether i have mentioned it in earlier blog entires about the theme of painting in slow films.
The film is the third drama in director aleksandr sokurovs trilogy, which included taurus about the soviet unions vladimir lenin and moloch about nazi germanys adolf hitler. Watch alexandra, the russian drama by alexander sokurov fandor. Alexander sokurov continues his brilliant investigation into the lives of dictators with the engrossing, supremely assured village voice the sun. Alexander sokurov has a fair claim as russias most distinguished living filmmaker.
During sokurovs childhood his family frequently moved from one place to another, thus he first went to school in poland and graduated in turkmenia. The sun follows around the surprisingly enigmatic hirohito in the hours before japan. Faust by aleksandr sokurov overdrive rakuten overdrive. From acclaimed director alexander sokurov russian ark, the sun, faust is an hallucinatory period piece set in the early 19th century and inspired by goethes famous play. On the 15th of august, 1945 millions of japanese heard the voice of. Otets i syn is a 2003 russian drama film directed by alexander sokurov. Petersburg, russia alexander sokurovs 2002 film russian ark, a single 90minute unedited steadicam shot that weaves through the state hermitage museum here, is an elliptical. Alexander sokurovs freewheeling poetic essay, highly personal and yet captivating, incorporates the louvres status in nazioccupied paris alongside musings on arts function through stormtossed. The film is the third drama in director aleksandr sokurovs trilogy, which included taurus about the soviet unions vladimir lenin and moloch about nazi. Even when sokurov shows objects, such as a complex, oldfashioned radio set, it is photographed almost as if the radio is a house.
The sun by acclaimed russian filmmaker alexander sokurov is the third in a trilogy on pivotal historic figures that have held ultimate power. The first was the wwii declaration of surrender and the second. Father and son aleksandr sokurov, 2003 may 7, 2007 by grunes. This website represents an attempt to gather and make available information on the creative work of an outstanding russian cinema director, whose name is associated with the search for a new language in cinema art. The final portrait in a series on the lives of dictators by alexander sokurov, the sun is a reimagining of emperor hirohitos final days in power during the waning days of wwii.
Its a 96minute film shot in one take and, almost as amazingly, it seems impossibly effortless. International scifi at the film society of lincoln center. Separated from his family and awaiting the decision of the american victor, the meek, timid man is still treated as the. Top 10 aleksandr sokurov, a list of films by michel simoes letterboxd. The sun o, solntse, o sol aleksandr sokurov youtube. Alexander sokurovs the sun demands and rewards patience. Day mother and son sokurov the arts of slow cinema. The films of albert serra and alexander sokurov senses.
Alexander sokurov was born in 1951 in russia in the village of podorvikha irkutsk district. Father and son aleksandr sokurov, 2003 dennis grunes. Following moloch on hitler and taurus on lenin, this bold new work takes as its subject emperor hirohito issey ogata, in the summer of 1945 during the allied occupation of japan. Its the first featurelength narrative film shot in a single take on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape. The strugatsky brothers novel upon which alexander sokurovs 1988 days of eclipse is based has the following fairly mindblowing premise. Sep, 2005 the sun, the third part in russian director aleksandr sokurov s men of power tetralogy after the gloom of moloch 1999, about hitler and eva braun, and the despairing tones of taurus 2001, focused on the wheelchairbound lenin in his death throes, the sun seems almost upbeat. Hirohito wanders through his palace in a childlike state of denial. Popular videos alexander sokurov alexander sokurov topic. As noted by this author, sokurovs fixation on male feet has to do in equal part with queerness and christological imagery, see jeremi szaniawski, the cinema of alexander sokurov. The telluride film festival shares a double distinction, as one of the best of all festivals, and as one of the hardest to get to. This was one of the slow films that triggered the idea. May 07, 2007 father and son aleksandr sokurov, 2003 may 7, 2007 by grunes father and son otets i syn, which continues the trilogy begun with the dreamily beautiful mother and son mat i syn, 1997, won the international critics prize at cannes.
Media in category alexander sokurov the following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. A meditation on emperor hirohito set at the time of japans world war ii surrender, it takes place in a world almost totally sealed off. Alexander sokurov s fascinating and compelling film chronicles the events leading up to hirohito s momentous speech, the historic renunciation of his divine status and his meetings with general douglas macarthur, the commanderinchief of the occupying american forces, who advises his own president not to declare the japanese leader a war criminal. But this weekend, instead of flying to denver, transferring to the montrose flight and then driving 90 minutes into the rockies, movie lovers can simply find their way to the film center at the school of the art institute, where a selection of the best of telluride. Alexander nikolayevich sokurov, par is a russian filmmaker. In a desolate, sunscorched corner of the world, an elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson, a young officer stationed at a remote military outpost. Sep 18, 2015 alexander sokurov has a fair claim as russias most distinguished living filmmaker. The sun, the third part in russian director aleksandr sokurovs men of power tetralogy after the gloom of moloch 1999, about hitler and eva braun, and the despairing tones of taurus 2001, focused on the wheelchairbound lenin in his death throes, the sun seems almost upbeat. The sun with english russian french spanish italian portuguese. Top 10 aleksandr sokurov, a list of films by michel simoes. But alexander sokurovs russian ark has every right to the claim.
A list of 10 films compiled on letterboxd, including russian ark 2002, moloch 1999, father and son 2003, the sun 2005 and elegy of a voyage 2001. We are pleased to welcome you to the website of alexander sokurov. A venice film festival report on new films from drake doremus and alexander sokurov. Although alexander sokurov s the sun 2004 has made the rounds at a handful of north american film festivals, it is only now receiving a far overdue short run in nyc. He is the great russian director who once shot a whole film in a single take. In sokurovs series about 20thcentury tyrants, this time crucial days from the life of emperor hirohito, just before and after the japanese surrender at the end of. But alexander sokurov s russian ark has every right to the claim. I cannot say with certainty that sokurov intended the film frames to look like paintings, but they do. The film portrays the events leading up to two crucial decisions made in hirohito, both of which of major historical significance. Alexander sokurov, seeking new shadows in a dark classic. The spiritual worlds of alexander sokurov part two. Jan 02, 20 faust alexander sokurov johann sebastian bach herr unser herrscher fausto.
Each film covers a key moment in the life of a world leader, the first two films,moloch and taurus, featuring hitler and lenin. Michael fassbender and golden lion winning director aleksandr sokurov react to their award wins. By lucas neves and violet lucca on august 15, 2014. Aleksandr sokurov talks to steve rose about soviet spies, fallen dictators and how he got putin to fund his latest. It is the third film in a trilogy by director aleksandr sokurov that includes. Alexander sokurovs search for spiritual identity in father.
The films of albert serra and alexander sokurov senses of. Le soleil, aleksandr sokurov, issei ogata, robert dawson, kaori momoi, shiro sano, the sun solntse il sole le soleil, the sun solntse, il sole, le. Aleksandr sokurov celebrity profile check out the latest aleksandr sokurov photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Figures of paradox wallflower, 2014, particularly chapter 12. Sokurovs mother and son is, for me, the most evident example of this. Alexander sokurov s alexandra 2007 the east european film bulletin is a journalistic and literary project dedicated to the criticism of films related to central, eastern and southeastern europe. His most significant works include a feature film, russian ark 2002, filmed in a single unedited shot, and faust 2011, which was honoured with the golden lion, the highest prize for the best film at the venice film festival.
Directed by aleksandr sokurov russian filmmaker alexander sokurov the sun broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the hermitage in st. It came out on dvd in the uk over three years ago and, by converting my hard earned dollars into expensive british pounds, i had the opportunity to see this film at that time. During sokurov s childhood his family frequently moved from one place to another, thus he first went to school in poland and graduated in turkmenia. It is the third film in a trilogy by director aleksandr sokurov that includes taurus about the soviet unions vladimir lenin and moloch about nazi germanys adolf hitler.
Employing elaborate camera movements, a layered soundscape, intricate prod. Find films and movies featuring alexander sokurov on allmovie. Alexander sokurovs third instalment in the tetralogy of power,the sun, focuses on the crucial hours preceding the abdication of. Like adolf hitler and vladimir lenin the subjects of the two previous films in the series, the sun initially presents its protagonist as a lonely leaderhiding in a bunker, going about a. Francofonia, the great okay, greatest living russian auteur alexander sokurovs most recent film, is a study in fragile beauty and recurring. We see the geometric patterns of the radio, with its series of rectilinear buttons and large oblong box, the same way we see the house features in the other shots of the film. The sun is the final installment of a three part series of biopics planned by alexander sokurov, one of the most consistent and unpredictable directors currently on the scene. Faust alexander sokurov johann sebastian bach herr unser herrscher fausto. One of most important contemporary filmmakers, sokurov worked extensively in television and later graduated from the prestigious film school, vgik, in 1979.
Mar 26, 2010 alexander sokurov s the sun demands and rewards patience. He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in podorvikha village in siberian russia. A golden lion winner at venice for his film faust, and a perennial presence at major festivals, he has many. The first two films in alexander sokurovs trilogy about infamous men of power moloch on hitler and taurus lenin were turgid, trite and a tad prob. The sun, the third part in russian director aleksandr sokurov s men of power tetralogy after the gloom of moloch 1999, about hitler and eva braun, and the despairing tones of taurus 2001, focused on the wheelchairbound lenin in his death throes, the sun seems almost upbeat. Father and son otets i syn, which continues the trilogy begun with the dreamily beautiful mother and son mat i syn, 1997, won the international critics prize at cannes. With sergey dreyden, mariya kuznetsova, leonid mozgovoy, mikhail piotrovsky. Following up his portraits of hitler in moloch 1999 and lenin in taurus 2001, the film is a mesmerizing tour of emperor hirohitos final days in power during the waning moments of wwii. Russian filmmaker alexander sokurov the sun broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the hermitage in st. Each film covers a key moment in the life of a world leader, the first two films, moloch and taurus, featuring hitler and lenin. In his latest film, russian director alexander sokurov takes a look at the cultural and humanistic significance of the louvre.
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