Sokurov: Early Masterworks [3 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Overview

"Russian director Alexander Sokurov is perhaps best known to U.S. arthouse fans for his groundbreaking drama Russian Ark (2002) - a wildly ambitious drama that enlisted over two thousand actors and required them to hit every mark and cue in one perfect 96-minute take. In truth, however, Sokurov has built an entire career for himself as one of the most vital and original filmmakers on the international stage. This box set offers three additional features by Sokurov. Whispering Pages (1994) features a nameless man wandering through decomposing catacombs and encountering a series of literary archetypes from such authors as Dostoyevsky and Kafka; Stone (1992) travels to the Anton Chekhov Museum, where a museum guard and a mysterious older man cross paths; and Save and Protect (1989) reworks Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary as a surrealistic tragedy on the theme of universal suffering."

Product Details

Release Date:	12/18/2012
UPC:	0881164000330
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	NR
Source:	Cinema Guild
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	4:42:00
Sales rank:	23,255

Special Features

Disc One - Whispering Pages (blu-ray); Soviet Elegy (1989, 37 minutes), a documentary by Alexander Sokurov; An Example of Intonation (1991, 48 minutes), a documentary by Alexander Sokurov; Questions about Cinema (2008, 60 minutes), a documentary by Alexander Sokurov; ; Disc two - Stone (dvd); Audio commentary by film critic and curator James Quandt; Diary of St. Petersburg: Kozintsev's Flat (1998, 48 minutes), a documentary by Alexander Sokurov; "The House the Chekhov Built" (30 minutes), a BBC audio program on Anton Chekhov's house in Yalta, the setting for Stone; Sonata for Hitler (1979-1989, 10 minutes), a short film by Alexander Sokurov; ; Disc three - Save and Protect (dvd); SD copy of Whispering Pages (1994, 70 minutes)