Tales of Swiss Innovation
RUSSIAN ARK
Russkij kovčeg
Alexander Sokurov
Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark
CINEMATIC TOUR DE FORCE
2002, 99'
VO. Russian, Farsi
ST. French, German
With
Sergey Dreyden, Alexander Sokurov
Let the Marquis de Custine guide you through the maze of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. In this former residence of the Tsars, dazzling ghosts whisper the history of all the Russias...
Because of its sensational use of the cinematic strategy of one take, Russian Ark was a pivotal work for Sarah Kenderdine and her team. As a “one shot” – four attempts were necessary – transcending the endless editor’s cut, this masterpiece shot at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg brilliantly conveys the drama of the live eye and the emergent narrative; an unedited version thus privileging the camera's viewpoint, not the editors. This roving eyewitness is very similar to that of the participants in interactive immersive systems.
Justine Roh
Justine Roh
Direction
Alexander Sokurov
Screenplay
Boris Khaimsky, Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina, Alexander Sokurov
Image
Tilman Büttner
Editing
Stefan Ciupek, Sergey Ivanov, Betina Kuntzsch, Patrick Wilfert
Sound
Sergey Moshkov, Vladimir Persov
Production
Andrey Deryabin, Jens Meurer, Karsten Stöter
With
Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, David Giorgobiani, Aleksandr Chaban, Alexander Sokurov
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