Confession
by Aleksandr Sokurov
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Director: Aleksandr SokurovBrand: Facets Multimedia
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 260 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Ideale Audience
Movie Reviews of Confession
Movie Review: Magnificence from Sokurov....
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very unique experience. It is, in many ways, a miniseries. Sokurov filmed actual footage of Russian sailors patrolling the Arctic circle, and the landscape is bleak and terrifying. It's hard to believe anyone could exist there, yet the Russian navy has bases there. This is not a documentary, however. While there is actual footage of sailors, it is interspersed with the story of a captain disillusioned with Navy life, and life in general. This film/miniseries is the polar opposite of what you would see on American TV. It is very languourous, quiet, haunting, profound, and meditative (like much of Sokurov's work). Sokurov's narration (he does the voice over himself) is equally profound, and adds greatly to the narrative. It is reminiscent of great Russian artists, like Tarkovsky and Dostoyevsky.
Summary of Confession
A unique documentary that chronicles the lives of a soul-searching ship?s captain and his young sailors as they sail the Arctic region in a Russian naval ship. Narrated mostly by the captain, the film focuses on the daily duties associated with a ship based in the Arctic, but it is also a study in human solitude and the effects of isolation.Similar DVD Movies
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