Tag Archives: Aleksandr Ptushko
Sadko (1952)
Aleksandr Ptushko’s Russian fairy tale spectacular Sadko (1952), recipient of the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival, has a purity of purpose, a grand vision, and a childlike innocence – this is the sort of … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, Phoenix, Russian, Surreal, Undersea Kingdom, Vikings
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Sampo (1959)
Longtime readers of this website (are there such things?) may recall that I have reviewed several Soviet-made fairy tale films in the past. Well, hoist your shields, lift your swords to the air, and invoke the firebird, because we’re about to … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, Finnish, Russian, Sampo, Surreal, Sword and Sorcery, Witch
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Around the World in 24 Hours of Film
Check for the latest updates on my journey at the bottom of this post. Here’s the idea for Around the World in 24 Hours of Film. Like Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, on this … Continue reading
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Tagged 20's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, Aleksandr Ptushko, Alice in Wonderland, Blind Dead, Brigitte Lahaie, Bunuel, Claudine Auger, Comedy, Conrad Veidt, Czech, Dennis Hopper, Drama, fairy tale, Fantasy, Godzilla, horror, Jack Nicholson, Jacques Tati, Jan Svankmajer, Jean Rollin, Kaiju, Karen Black, Ken Loach, Kung Fu, lovable animals, M. Hulot, Mario Bava, Mexico, motorcycle, Peter Fonda, piranha, Robert Wiene, Russian, Silent, Slasher, Stop Motion, Surreal, Train, Zombie
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