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mizoguchi's "Russian/Soviet films i've been meaning to see (but shamefully neglected)"
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And what in the world is The Motherland of Electricity? I’ve never heard of it. Imdb doesn’t list it as a Shepitko film, and a quick Google search reveals only that it is one of the favorite films of the Brothers Quay. Any idea of the original title??
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Oh the only other title i know for it is Homeland of Electricity (as mentioned in David Cook’s excellent book of world cinema- history of narrative film or similar title)
Rodina elektrichestva
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/171624/Rodina-Elektrichestva/overview
I am intrigued. Looks like Shepitko’s attempt at Socialist Realism. It appears to have been shelved by the authorities. I’ll add it to the big list— cheers.
Sorry, i should have read Cook’s book more carefully; didn’t have it to hand yesterday. Homeland of Electricity (Rodina electrichestva) was Shepitko’s section of a 1967 anthology film The Beginning of an Unknown Era (Nachalo nevedomogo veka) “commissioned by Goskino to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution but then suppressed”.
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