Hi guys, there is a film i've been meaning to see, and now that we're going to Russia, want to see more than ever. It is called 'Russian Ark' and is a movie filmed entirely at The Hermitage Palace. The amazing thing is that the film is an unedited 90minute sequence filmed with Steadicam (a type of camera where you can move around and follow action smoothly). The film is about a ghost walking through the Hermitage and seeing different scenes from the palace's history. 33 rooms of the palace are featured in the film. I want to see it for the production value (this idea of a 90minute contiuous shot is quite something - apparently it took only 4 takes to get it right) and also for historical interest!
One critic, Roger Ebert wrote about the film: "Apart from anything else, this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen....The effect of the unbroken flow of images is uncanny. If cinema is sometimes dreamlike, then every edit is an awakening. Russian Ark spins a daydream made of centuries."
Sounds cool hey? Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J--TDEHizVA
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