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Arbuznye korki (2016)
Poor Execution of the Rashoman effect
The story is ok, the acting and directing are good, but the editing is horrible. The same story as shown from three different perspectives. The stories overlap way to much for a movie like this. There is a small amount of information filled in about each character when the story is told from their perspective. Most of the time you are watching the exact same scenes filmed from a different angle. I think some of the shots aren't even a different angle, but just exact same scene repeated three times in the movie. I kind of hated the sound editing for 2/3rds of the movie, and only at the end I realized that it had to be that way in order for the movie to work.
Okhota na lis (1980)
Great Soviet Drama
Охота на лис translates literally into "Fox Hunt." Fox Hunt is actually the name of the sport of amateur radio direction finding. The movie shows a man trying to comes to terms with the punishment that is handed down to one of the teenagers that mugs him. The other teen gets away with parole thanks to a lawyer that his mother hires. The victim is plagued by guilt. He eventually finds the teenager in a juvenile detention center, and in an effort to relieve his guilt, he volunteers to help rehabilitate the teen. This obviously takes a toll on his relationship with his wife. Great movie, great performances by the actors. The version I watched was just scanned and uploaded to Youtube by Mosfilm, so the picture wasn't the greatest.