Mat i syn (1997) - Aleksandr Sokurov
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film is surely not the greatest of all time. It is, perhaps, the
greatest LOVE FILM of all time. The beauty of the landscape (note that
this is Russia in deep summer -- deep winter would have produced a much
different effect - but then the mother is dying, and the contrast
between her physical state and the lushness of the fields and forests
is necessary to keep one from being overwhelmed by sorrow ) is itself
commentary on the beauty between these two. No pretty girl, no surging
music, no reasons even for the love. It is just there. Titanic. Not
tied to sex or gratitude. JUST EMOTION. The dialog is spare. There is
no third person. Though everything moves very sluggishly, this fits
perfectly. This is not a movie. It is a poem. Extremely fine too as an
essay on what the core of love looks like.
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