Todays movie for me was a little harder to follow than the other movies. It was a good movie, but hard for me to get into. One of the things that really stood out for me though was Anka. I know in history, Russia was one of the first countries to really use women in combat. For as early of a movie as this is, I found it really interesting that they would have her manning a machine gun. I think this would have been a big deal even in the USSR at the time. I am kind of curious to see what the reaction might have been to this when it first appeared on the silver screen. When the man she is manning the gun with dies she takes it apon herself to hold off an attack from the white army. It, in sorts, makes her a kind of a hero of the moment.
One of the other things I noticed me being the person that I am, there is not a huge musical score in this movie. There are some marches and some music here and there, but I found a lot of the music comes from the actors themselves. I did notice they tend to sing throughout the movie.
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I agree Anka played an important role. I believe women viewing this movie feel a sense of impowerment, especially since she was responsible for manning such a powerful weapon. Her attitude was also intriguing. She wanted nothing but to help the war effort, no funny business (at first).
ReplyDeleteThe music in this film, as sparse as it is, tends to become more stirring the more you watch this film (and believe it or not, this really is one that gets better and better with each new viewing). And the singing in the film is soooooo Russian. Those are some great Siberian-like folk melodies they're singing there towards the end.
ReplyDeleteAnd even note that the White General Borozdin plays his part on the musical front with his rather menancing version of the Moonlight Sonata.