Movie
Oriental Elegy (Восточная элегия), Alexander Sokurov, 1996

"In Japanese art there is a concept of mono no aware, sweet sadness, the pleasure of endings, of autumn and seeing a dying leaf. But for Russia, sweet sadness and pleasant farewells are not possible. On the contrary, in the Russian sense of elegy, it's a very deep, vertical feeling, not a delighting one. It gets you deeply, sharply, painfully. It's massive."
Sokurov


snow lies
earth flies
lights flip
to pigments night has come
on a rug of stars it lies
is it night or a demon?
Alexander Vvedensky ( 1904–1941) Excerpt of the poem Snow Lies, translation Eugene Ostashevsky

music
Matt Elliott - The Kursk
https://youtu.be/eaOxrX0X3lA


Oriental Elegy
1996 ‧ Drama film/Short Film ‧ 43 mins
Initial release: 1996 (Russia)
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Screenplay: Alexander Sokurov
Narrator: Alexander Sokurov
Cinematography: Alexei Fyodorov
Cast: Alexander Sokurov

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2017-01-12

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