RUSSIAN ARK

Time

20:00pm to 21:45pm

Date

Sat 08 Nov '14

Venue

69 O'Connell Street (formerly The Belltable)

Price

€7.00 / €5.00 (concession)

Sat 8th Nov | 8.00pm | 69 O'Connell Street (formerly The Belltable)
Adm: €7.00 / €5.00 (concession)
Showing as part of Light Moves: Festival of Screendance

Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St Petersburg. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take and shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses Peter the Great abusing one of his generals; Catherine the Great desperately searching for a bathroom; and, in the grand finale, the sumptuous Great Royal Ball of 1913.

The film was obviously shot in one day, but the cast and crew rehearsed for months to time their movements precisely with the flow of the camera while capturing the complex narrative. Tilman Buttner, the director of photography, was responsible for capturing it all in one single Steadicam shot.

"One of the most astonishing films of all time" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)


	
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