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Soldatskiy dekameron (2005)
Translation of the above-mentioned Russian review (Google/translate):
Army comedy of Andrey Proshkin:
In the late fall of '94, in a remote garrison, Russian longing and post-Soviet disgrace lead a round dance with the devilry. Ordinary people dream in the spirit of Georgian magical realism. Colonel's daughters (Lyadova and Korshunova) find out that they alternately gave themselves to the same empty chime (Yatsenko). Hurt by the fate of the old Afghan man (Porechenkov) quietly goes crazy. They say about Dudayev on TV, someone with red eyes comes out to the posts at night - either a demon, or the ghost of a Tatar conscript who hanged himself from his love for a slant telephone operator. An unexpectedly strong film about a premonition of war is under the cover of a demobilic comedy.
Diabolique (1996)
Review of Alternative Version
Much pain and anguish by reviewers here piqued my interest in the 1996 Diabolique. Did they all expect similar to the original version(?), hard to imagine this. I had not seen the 1955 release for decades and decided this would grant me a better expectation. Thus I jumped in and found Stone, Adjani and Palmentieri in a most intriguing Noir Film with all the plot suspense and ending resolution that one could hope for. Where were all the issues that so vexed the reviewers? Then I realized that I'd seen the Alt Version that is 23 minutes shorter as a result of skillful editing by a third party. I felt sorry for the reviewers having to endure those 23 minutes - good thing I sidestepped that! It may take some doing to find this particular version but you will be nicely rewarded. Full 10 stars for sheer genius.