Tag Archives: Russian
Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
Ruslan and Ludmila (1972) was the last bow for Russian director and animator Aleksandr Ptushko, who would die shortly after the film’s release, aged 72. Ptushko began his career as a pioneer of stop-motion animation, directing one of the earliest … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Action, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, giants, Russian, Surreal, Sword and Sorcery, witches
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Solaris (1972)
“I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.” -Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (1961) I don’t recall where it was, but when I first learned of the existence of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian, Science Fiction, space station, Stanislaw Lem, Surreal
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Queen of Blood (1966)
In today’s world of globalization and internet file-sharing, you couldn’t really get away with what American International Pictures was doing in the mid-60’s: cutting up Russian special effects epics, inserting new American footage with different plotlines, and releasing them under … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, Alien Invasion, Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, horror, John Saxon, Roger Corman, Russian, Science Fiction
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