Notes From Underground
by Gary Walkow
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Actor: Charlie Stratton, Geoffrey Rivas, Henry Czerny, Jon Favreau, Sheryl LeeDirector: Gary Walkow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Olive Films
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Movie Review: Brilliant film-making and a masterful adaptation
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so pleased this film is being released on DVD. I believe it is truly one of a kind, but it has unfortunately been ignored for the past several years, being very difficult to find. Gary Walkow has brilliantly adapted Dostoevsky's novel, remaining faithful to the author's original vision for his characters, but placing them in a contemporary setting which, we find, is not-so-very different from the society in which the original work was written.
The Underground Man (played masterfully by Henry Czerny) is one who has been effectively paralyzed by his own awareness and self-consciousness; human relations, for him, are painful acts of domination and submission in which love and compassion are unfamiliar, uncomfortable emotions. His life is entirely structured around the mechanisms that allow him to defend his ego from the barrage of attacks he sees others imposing upon him in his "underground" world. His shame in his miserable condition compels him to look for relief in a videotaped "confession"; he reveals the acts of which he is most ashamed and for which he feels the most haunting guilt to an invisible "audience". But still, he is aware of the potential inauthenticity of such a confession, as he cannot accept the notion that he must look to others for a compassionate response. Walkow and Czerny make a stunning team; in their version of Dostoevsky's Underground Man, we see a reflection of the alienating, paralyzing effects of a society structured on conformity and maintenance of obedience through fear and self-consciousness.
I have also found the website where you can read more about the film and the DVD, which is to be released on September 21. (Look for it here: www.notesfromundergroundmovie.com) The DVD looks like it is going to contain an audio-commentary by Joseph Frank, one of the foremost Dostoevsky scholars alive. Also, the website contains part of an excellent essay on Dostoevsky's novel and the film adaptation by Deborah Martinsen, professor of Slavic literature at Columbia. This site is really worth a look.
Summary of Notes From Underground
Studio: Olive Films Release Date: 05/11/2010 Run time: 88 minutes Rating: NrSimilar DVD Movies
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