ballad of a soldier ( russian : баллада о солдате , ballada o soldate ) , is a 1959 soviet film directed by grigori chukhrai and starring vladimir ivashov and zhanna prokhorenko .

while set during world war ii , ballad of a soldier is not primarily a war film .

it recounts , within the context of the turmoil of war , various kinds of love : the romantic love of a young couple , the committed love of a married couple , and a mother 's love of her child , as a red army soldier tries to make it home during a leave , meeting several civilians on his way and falling in love .

the film was produced at mosfilm and won several awards , including the bafta award for best film from any source and was nominated for the academy award for writing original screenplay .

ballad of a soldier

ballad of a soldier is a 1959 film from the soviet union , directed by grigori chukrai .
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with the headline : screen : poignant ' ballad of a soldier ' in russia ; wartime drama opens at the murray hill film is in soviet trend toward humaneness .
ballad of a soldier is a movie cowritten and directed by grigori chukhraj in 1959 . the picture earned a nomination for the academy award in the
best writing , story and screenplay written directly for the screen
category .
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a young russian soldier disables two german tanks and is rewarded with a trip home to see his mother . this film is the story of that journey .
ballad of a soldier
is a classic wwii soviet propaganda film produced by a country that was at the time an ally of the united states and great britain . the movie is one of the most honored and popular films of its time and genre .
ballad of a soldier features one of the most sympathetic and likable lead characters in the history of the movies . the story follows a 19 - year - old soldier – alyosha – as he leaves the russian front during wwii to visit his lonely mother . along the way , he runs across all sorts of people , and in some way leaves a positive mark on all of them .
the leave of a young russian soldier is sidetracked by his own kindness and humanity . a story of human decency set against a backdrop of destruction and devastation . poignant and sad but still inspirational .
in 1960 , grigori chukhrai’s ballad of a soldier had a triumphant tour of the international festival circuit , garnering many prizes in such far - flung places as cannes , san francisco , london , teheran , and milan before winning the lenin prize at home . …
russian soldier alyosha skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he single - handedly fends off two enemy tanks . as he journeys home , alyosha encounters the devastation of his war - torn country , witnesses glimmers of hope among the people , and falls in love . with its poetic visual imagery , grigori chukhrai ' s ballad of a soldier is an unconventional meditation on the effects of war , and a milestone in russian cinema .
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older sidekick : vasya , the crippled soldier who travelled with alyosha in the first half of the movie .
a soldier - boy earns a ten - day leave to go home to his mother by performing a desparate act of bravery at the front . on the way home he has many small adventures .
young russian soldier alyosha earns a medal , but asks to visit his mother instead . his journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime .
remember seeing this when i was about 12 - being totally smitten with the story of alyosha - a very endearing , young russian soldier in the midst of . . .
during world war i a young soldier performs a heroic act on the front by saving the life of a wounded comrade . he wins a few days leave and embarks on a journey to go visit his mother and along the way he helps touches the hearts of various people with his gentle earnestness .
ballad of a soldier was one of the films made during the khruschev thaw , when soviet society became somewhat more open in the years after stalin ' s death . this film and another film made during this time , the cranes are flying , contrasted with earlier , relentlessly patriotic soviet depictions of the war by emphasizing the tragedy and human sacrifice which it caused .
a young russian soldier is awarded a four day pass after destroying two enemy tanks . he plans to visit his mother and fix her roof , but a series of events underscoring the hopeless destruction of war limits his visit to a few minutes . the young soldier is disillusioned at the rampant infidelity displayed by fun - loving wives while their husbands engage in deadly combat to protect home and country .
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summary a young soldier during world war ii earns a ten - day leave to go home to his mother by performing a desperate act of bravery . on the way home he has many adventures which reveal the grief and devastation brought about by war .
release date 2002 production date 1959 title variation ballad of a soldier series criterion collection ; 148 note drama . russian dialogue with english subtitles . a foreign film ( u . s . s . r . ) originally produced as a motion picture in 1959 . production credits photography , vladimir nikolayev and era sayelgeva ; music , m . ziv . participant vladimir ivashov , zhanna prokhorenko . isbn 0780025679 9780780025677 publisher number 148 criterion collection
once more , as in
the cranes are flying ,
one of the best soviet films in years , the russians are poignantly protesting the damage done to people ' s lives by the occurrence of war . in their new picture ,
ballad of a soldier ,
which opened at the murray hill yesterday , they are stating the case about as simply and touchingly as it could be put . view full article in timesmachine »
earlier , alyosha convinces a soldier who has lost a leg to return to his wife . the soldier had decided to telegram his wife that he is not coming home ; he feels she will be better off without him and his injury . when the one - legged soldier is reunited with his wife , he ( and we ) see how wrong he was : she would not have been better off without him .
an unexpected romance occurs for a female red army sniper and a white army officer .
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it ' s fairly standard stuff , made into something more by a sense of humanity and a knack for avoiding outright schmaltz .
during world war ii , 19 year old soldier alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front . instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home . on the train eastwards he meets shura who is on her way to her aunt . in those few days traveling together they fall in love .
a former thief is released from a prison . he tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman , but his past doesn ' t let him go .
a lovely , heartbreaking , somewhat episodic film about the travels of a young russian soldier who ' s given a short leave to go home and see his mother . during the erratic journey back to his village , he meets an innocent farm girl and awkwardly falls in love . beautiful cinematography , affecting leads .
endured , embraced as a national russian classic and beloved as a tender tribute to the soviet spirit in the horror of world war ii .
a folk song of a movie , one that transcends politics . it won a special prize at cannes and earned an oscar® nomination for its screenplay ; along with mikhail kalatozov ' s 1957
absence makes the heart go yonder : a soldier named pavlov asks alyosha to take a cake of soap home to pavlov ' s wife . when alyosha finds her , she ' s living with a man . alyosha hands over the soap , but later takes it back and gives it to pavlov ' s father .
during world war ii , 19 year old soldier alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front . instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home . on the train eastwards he meets shura who is on her way to her aunt . in those few days traveling together they fall in love . written by leon wolters
this is one of the greatest anti - war movies ever made and a touching little human drama that has not lost any of its power after half a century . after fifteen years since i first saw it , it remains among my ten favourite movies of all time from any country . it is full of poetry and visual beauty ; a humble masterpiece from a young director at that time , who encountered all sorts of problems and restrictions during the shooting . nevertheless , his perseverance to bring this work to life and the touchingly realistic performances of the cast make of this movie not only one of the best films that ever came out of the soviet union but also a classic gem of world cinema .
never one to shy away from criticism , werner herzog followed the controversy over his treatment of the aguaruna indians during the fitzcarraldo production by journeying into the jungles of nicaragua and honduras to document the miskito indians’ armed struggle against the sandinistas . the fact that the sandinistas were at the time a cause celebré to the left ensured a stormy reception though , in retrospect , the actual film strikes a nuanced position : on the one hand documenting the miskitos’ vivid testimonies regarding sandinista atrocities and , on the other , casting a withering eye on their growing reliance on child soldiers to fight a protracted guerrilla war . ballad of a little soldier was co - directed by denis reichle , a seasoned combat photojournalist whose reminiscences about seeing german boys conscripted to fight the hopeless battles at the end of the second world war ( and provides the film its bitter denouement ) . - max goldberg
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synopsis from imdb : “during world war ii , 19 year old soldier alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front . instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home . on the train eastwards he meets shura who is on her way to her aunt . in those few days traveling together they fall in love . ”
during the war : after the opening battle scene , the rest of the movie is a portrait of life on the home front of the soviet union as alyosha struggles to get back home .
an arm and a leg : alyosha ' s first delay is caused when he helps a depressed veteran who is going home after having lost a leg in combat .
the setting is russia , during wwii . thanks to an act of heroism , private aliusha skvortsov obtains the permission to visit his mother and leave the front for 6 days . on his way home , he ' ll get acquainted with a crippled soldier , with the adulterous wife and the father of one of his companions of war and with a young girl whom with he ' ll begin an innocent love story . because of numerous delays , he ' ll finally see his mother only to leave her a few moments later in order to get back to the front .
none . while this is a propaganda film , it is about a war in which the u . s . and the soviets fought on the same side . it shows the valor of a people defending their homeland .
during world war ii , earnest young russian soldier alyosha skvortsov ( volodya ivashov ) is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield . feeling homesick , he decides to visit his mother . due to his kindhearted nature , however , alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters , including a lovely girl named shura ( zhanna prokhorenko ) . in his tour of a country devastated by war , he struggles to keep hope alive .
many years of fighting happened in nicaragua after this documentary was shot . i wonder how many of these boys survived combat and had an opportunity to build a life .
. . . a simple , genuine , and non - dogmatic meditation on the incalculably tragic cost of war .
superb movie . in my opinion a 5 star . vladimir ivashov and zhanna prokhorenko are beautiful actors . did a captivating job of holding my attention . this . . .
captain smooth and sergeant rough : gavrilikin , the soldier guarding the supply train , is quite the bully with alyosha , citing his fear of his lieutenant , a
beast
. eventually gavrilikin strong - arms alyosha into offering one of his cans of tinned beef as a bribe . when the lieutenant finally does find out about alyosha and shura on the train , not only does he not care , he makes gavrilikin give back the canned beef .
ballad of a soldier is in russian with english subtitles . the opening scenes are on the battlefield in wwii perhaps kursk . two lone russian forward observers are watch a squad of german tiger tanks rolling right at them one runs and is killed the other reports and starts to run . the german tank seems to be trying to run him over and save ammunition . these are real german tiger tanks everything in this movie puts you right in wwii russia during the great patriotic war . our hero manages to knock out two of these monster tanks and is rewarded with a 6 day leave . this is the story of that journey across russian and the encounters with the russian people as the all shoulder the bitter burden of this great war . he meets a beautiful young russian teenager they fall in love and both journey together . the landscapes , the people are a great documentary of how the russian people fought this war and the great sacrifices they all made . the interactions and characters are all masterfully written and acted . the photography , the direction is the best of the best . the black and white film format adds to the realism and the wwii feel . the sound track is perfect to complete this excellent film . this is a must see movie for any serious student of film making or wwii history . it is a tribute to the greatness of the russian people and their greatest generation that paid in a river of blood , sweat and tears to defeat the nazis during wwii .
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so many of the regional conflicts fly under the radar for most of the world . it ' s a shame there is not enough publicity to bring help to their plight .
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a young soldier ( ivashov ) fighting on the front during wwii heroically disables two german tanks and is rewarded with a six - day leave . as he makes the long journey home to see his mother ( maximova ) he meets a variety of people , both friendly and antagonistic , who need his help . though he finally makes it to his mother ' s door , he never gets to spend his . . . read more
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a beautifully - made film from russia . as a reward for a heroic deed in battle , a young soldier receives six days leave to go home to see his mother . the rest of the film follows him as he tries to make it home and back in the allotted time . for part of his journey , he sneaks aboard a boxcar , and then later a pretty young girl does the same . you can take it from there . . . up to a point . like many russian films , the faces are the main focus . the lighting of this film was particularly impressive , and every face seems to glow from within . there are some very interesting camera angles , especially in the early battle scenes , but also the shots of and from the train . even the musical score was beautful and dreamy . the only flaw i found in the film was the heavy - handed sentimentality . you can show depth of feeling without being melodramatic about it . otherwise , this is a touching and beautiful film .
was made in early days of the russian
thaw ,
a brief period after the death of stalin when nikita khrushchev oversaw a series of political reforms . parallel to the political movement was an easing of censorial standards for artists , who were given more freedom to stray from the state - imposed social realism and themes that glorified party leadership and collective idealism . it was the first flowering of soviet cinematic freedom between world war ii and perestroika and
as a storytelling device , this mechanism is excruciating . the problem is in the time structure . if an investigation begins at the present moment and proceeds , suspense can build . but if the truth is going to emerge from a series of flashbacks , then obviously the movie knows who did it , and is withholding the information from us , using it as a hook to get us to sit through all of its other points .
a soldier ' s story
is not really a murder mystery , then . what is it ? i guess it ' s supposed to be a docudrama . a great deal of the plot revolves around the character of the dead man , sergeant waters ( adolph caesar ) , who is a scrappy little veteran of world war i , and believes that blacks should always behave so as to favorably impress whites and reflect credit upon their race . he is filled with self - hate , and takes it out on the black men under him who are not acting the way he thinks they should .
downer ending : alyosha has barely enough time to give his mom a hug and say a few words before he has to get back on the truck for the journey back to the front . the closing narration speculates on the many things he might have done with his life if he ' d lived , but that in the end he ' ll be remembered as a russian soldier .
during world war ii , a 19 year - old russian soldier , alyosha , wins a 10 - day leave and tries to make it home . along the way , he meets several civilians ; his presence is like a wartime tonic for them , uplifting their lives . this award - winning film was the first russian film to score an american success during the cold war era .
at once particular and universal , this lyrically poetic , emotionally touching anti - war movie is one of the most honored and popular russian films ever made , achieving an instant status of a classic .
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a soldier ' s story
is one of those movies that ' s about less than you might think . it begins with the murder of a black sergeant , who is shot near an army base in louisiana in 1944 . suspicion immediately points to the local whites , who are not too happy about all these blacks stationed in their branch of the deep south . an army lawyer , a captain , is sent from washington to handle the investigation , and he turns out to be black , too - - the first black officer anyone in the movie has ever seen .
i won’t go into all of the details , but it happens in many more instances , like his mother believing he is home to stay , that shura is enagaged , a soldier sending gifts home to a wife he believes is loyal , all the way down to alyosha running up to a train he thinks is the one that shura is on . none of these beliefs are true , but the characters in the movie live their lives and make their next decisions based on these beliefs . it follows over and over : disappointment , adjustment ; a nice surprise , adjustment , etc .
was one of the defining films of the era . like the films before it , it respects and reveres authority figures and idealizes the salt - of - the - earth workers of the great soviet nation , but it also casts its gaze beyond the ideals to explore the more human dimensions . in one of the most delicate scenes , a veteran who lost his leg is afraid to return home to his wife . with his unending optimism and faith in the spirit of the soviet people , alyosha helps him along and quietly and respectfully observes the tender reunion . and while his romantic interlude with the young stowaway is perfectly chaste ( they don ' t even kiss ) , there is a hunger in his eyes as , hidden behind a haystack , he watches her fix her stockings . such a suggestion of sexual desire would have been unthinkable just a couple of years before .
during world war ii , the nineteen year - old pvt . alyosha skvortsov destroys two german tanks in the front and the general gives a medal to him . however alyosha asks for a leave to visit his mother instead of the medal and the general gives six days to him . during his journey home , alyosha helps a cripple dashed veteran to meet his wife ; embarks as clandestine in a train and falls in love with the stowaway shura that is traveling in the same wagon to visit her aunt ; meets the unfaithful wife of pavlov , a soldier that is in the front and misses her , to give soap to her . when he arrives home , it is time to return to the front in a journey with no return .
almost awkwardly idealistic , instead of brimming with socialist rhetoric , the film celebrates the individual human spirit and the power of good deeds .
the use of children in combat was certainly not restricted to the nicaraguan conflict . the german reporter in the film mentions the german adolescent boys thrown into battle at the end of wwii . conflicts over the last 25 years in africa and asia have involved large numbers of child soldiers . as the trainer stated at the end of the film , a child of 12 years will believe whatever is told to him .
during wwii in a small village outpost , a commander has his troop replaced by an all female unit . as they finally begin to appreciate one another , german paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge .
in many ways you could say that it is a love story , though to me it felt more like an amazing display of how our individual perceptions of events can color our lives , for better or for worse .
it happens many more times throughout the film : alyosho and shura seal their friendship by sharing a fright . hiding away in the hay car of a train , he fears that her arrival is actually the arrival of the “beastly” lieutenant . she takes him for an attacker . after a laugh about their misunderstanding , they immediately become closer . soon after , they discover that the beastly lieutenant is actually a very kind man ; the guard that took his bribes to let him on the train had only described him as a “beast” . we soon see that the lieutenant is only a beast towards the guard , who is always getting into trouble . through all of this tension and fear , it turns out that nobody on the train is a threat .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover , boris , at the bank of river , only for him to be drafted into world war ii shortly thereafter .
the lieutenant ( ' a terrible beast ' ) ( as ye . teterin )
johnny , a 20 - year - old day - dreamer in rural california , spends a last night with his family and friends before shipping out to vietnam .
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this is the story of that journey across the soviet union and the encounters with the soviet people as they all shoulder the bitter burden of this great war . he meets a beautiful young teenager ; they fall in love and both journey together . the interactions and characters are all masterfully written and acted . the photography , the direction is the best of the best . the black and white film format adds to the realism and the wwii feel . the sound track is perfect to complete this excellent film . this is a must see movie for any serious student of film making or wwii history . it is a tribute to the greatness of the soviet people and their greatest generation that paid in a river of blood , sweat and tears to defeat the nazis during wwii .
3 . this story shows an official taking a bribe . how does bribery , a serious problem in russia and in many other countries , undermine the social order ?
one of those
universal
tales that are so often vague and sticky , but the simplicity and restraint of director grigori chukhrai lift it above the run .
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in a selfless act of courage on the cold and dangerous eastern front , the beardless and good - natured nineteen - year - old private alyosha skvortsov earns a decoration for his service on the field of battle . instead , the innocent soldier asks for a leave to return to his hometown to see his widowed mother , and much to his delight , the compassionate commanding general gives alyosha six days : two to travel into the mainland , two to fix his mother ' s leaky roof , and two to return . however , as the good son sets off on his mission against the backdrop of a war - battered russia constantly under threat of war , alyosha ' s noble disposition , his kindness and the omnipotent love will somehow hinder the young charming man . is his love for the beautiful wandering girl destined to be , and most important , is there enough time to embrace his mother once more ?
i wish that this film had delved into reasons for the conflict between the miskito people and the sandanistas . this lack of context lessens the impact of the film .
meadow run : a non - romantic example of this , as alyosha ' s mother , out harvesting in the field , runs through the grain to embrace her son .
the very starting point for the story is founded on a slight misperception : alyosha is granted a leave to go home based on his heroism in the field of battle . but as we know – having seen it – alyosha is not a great warrior ; his actions are out of sheer instinct to survive , and the results of his attempts are surprising even to him . that isn’t to say that he is entirely not heroic . he did stay behind to call in the arrival of the enemy tanks , and he did destroy two of them , however accidentally it may have been . yet the story would have gone nowhere if the general had decided to dismiss these events as dumb luck .
the movie ends with a handshake between davenport and one of the white officers who has made life hard for him . this is a more ironic ending than was perhaps intended , because
a soldier ' s story
was directed by norman jewison , the director who ended
in the heat of the night
with sidney poitier and rod steiger shaking hands . the ending worked in 1967 , but in 1984 i think we expect a little more . did this movie have to be so lockstep , so trapped by its mechanical plot , so limited by a murder mystery ? what the movie has to say is so pale and limited that , ironically , the most interesting character in the movie is the victim - - that black racist sergeant . at least he has fire and life and , misguided as he is , at least he ' s vital .
inspired directly from bruno s . ' s real life experiences , werner herzog sends him along with a streetwalker and an eccentric old neighbor to a place where they can find acceptance .
after a train wreck , alyosha is truly heroic as he saves several children and an old woman from the fire . afterward , he is treated by those who arrived to help as a “good for nothing” who is just in the way as they try to clean up the wreckage . it is the mirror opposite of the perception of his war heroism .
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an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
what the hell , hero ? : when vasya discusses with alyosha about not going back to his wife because he ' s ashamed of his injury , a bitter woman tells him he should be ashamed of himself , since many women would give up everything to have their men safe at home .
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action survivor : alyosha single handedly destroyed two german tanks more out of self - preservation than bravery .
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this fact is gradually revealed in a series of interviews conducted by the lawyer , captain davenport , who is played by howard e . rollins , jr . and what a disappointing performance it is , coming from the same actor who won an academy award nomination for
ragtime .
he invests his character with little humanity ; he tries to seem dispassionate , curbed , correct , just a little more noble than anyone else in the picture . the result is such a laid - back performance that the lawyer seems less interested in solving the case than in keeping his cool ( the murdered sergeant waters would have been proud of him ) .
insecure love interest : vasya , the crippled soldier was considering not coming back at home at all because he taught his young and beautiful wife ( whom he was extremely jealous before the war ) would refuse his now cripple husband . it ' s utterly heartwarming seeing how wrong he was . the smile and tears of her face when she meets him at the station kicks off any doubt .
alyosha is a 19 - year - old private soldier on the eastern front during the great patriotic war . he ' s a signalman , but when everybody else runs away in panic alyosha mans an anti - tank gun and destroys two german tanks . when alyosha is brought to the general to receive a decoration , he asks for leave to go home and fix the leaky roof on his mother ' s house . the general gives him six days ' leave—two to travel into the interior , two to fix his mom ' s roof , two to return . ideally , this should be enough , but delays and complications caused by the chaos in wartime russia threaten alyosha ' s chances to get home . shura , the beautiful young girl alyosha meets as he ' s hitching a ride on a supply train , is another complication .
contributor chukhraĭ , grigoriĭ naumovich , 1921 - 2001 ivashov , vladimir . prokhorenko , zhanna . ziv , mikhail , 1921 - 1994 ezhov , valentin , 1921 - moskovskai͡a kinostudii͡a
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( 1959 ) as the poetic odyssey of an accidental hero through the ideals of the soviet state pulling together in times of hardship , with a few raised eyebrows at the few shirkers and unfaithful spouses on the homefront . it ' s beautifully photographed ( life during wartime has rarely looked so beautiful ) but it ' s also filled with visions of poverty and hardship . and there is also a poignancy to his journey , his romantic interlude and his all - too - brief reunion with his mother : the narration that opens the film explains to the audience that alyosha does not survive the war . this is his farewell tour and he lives it to its fullest , meeting the world and everyone in it with an open heart and a generous spirit .
i don’t want to venture toward the philosophical idea that “nobody knows anything” or that we are all victims of the randomness of the universe . instead , i will say that our lives are in fact pulled from one place to the next largely based on points of view , over which we often have little control .
the camera work is textured and engaging , incorporating deep focus , layered shots and a slight glow to the shadows . this world is real and full of life , even on hay cars and war - torn countryside .
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millions of soviet soldiers were captured after the german armies encircled them . some were simply annihilated while others were sent to slave labor camps . there were 1 , 250 , 000 russian military and civilian casualties from the siege of leningrad alone . the german invasion stalled in the winter of 1941 . the advance on leningrad was checked in september 1941 , and the advance on moscow was turned back a month later . however , the germans did not give up easily . the russians permanently gained the offensive only after the battle of stalingrad which raged from august 1942 to january 1943 .
in july 1942 , in the second world war , the rearguard of the red army protects the bridgehead of the don river against the german army while the retreating soviet troops cross the bridge . . . . see full summary »
, it announced the end of russia ' s cinematic dry spell under stalin ' s reign with a return to the poetry and humanism practically unseen since the heady days of experimentation and optimism in the silent and early sound years . they were the first soviet films in decades to receive international acclaim and distribution . unfortunately , this brief period of artistic freedom was short lived and the cold war resumed in the sixties . such simple , humanistic films no longer found favor , but
epic soviet era masterpiece depicting the unshakable bonds of love , friendship & duty amid the horror of war . two friends - both officers - are in love with the same woman . through the russian . . . see full summary »
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as he conducts his investigation , we get to meet some of the important characters on the base , from black privates to the white officers who brag about their experiences at
commanding negroes .
each time the captain conducts an interview , we get a flashback to another version of the events leading up to the murder . and eventually , we find out who committed the crime .
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it ' s a lyrical humanistic black and white film that ' s simply told and its universal anti - war message is easily understood .
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so i was surprised to see that the sandanistas themselves were as capable of conducting atrocities against oppressed people as the regime they replaced .
the cost of the war to the soviet union was twenty million people killed , thirteen million military and seven million civilian . the united states , in comparison , suffered no civilian losses and about 400 , 000 military deaths in all of wwii . the entire british empire and all of the commonwealth nations suffered 452 , 000 military deaths and 60 , 000 civilian deaths in the war . germany , despite its defeat , suffered less numerically than the soviet union with 3 , 500 , 000 military deaths and 3 , 800 , 000 civilian deaths . note that because germany had a smaller population than the soviet union the relative effect of the casualties on germany is not reflected in this comparison . in addition to the loss of life , the european portion of the soviet union , its most developed area , was devastated . during the second world war , the united states provided russia with eleven billion dollars worth of food , weapons , and other materiel through the lend - lease program . the canned beef with which alyosha bribed the sentry could very well have been supplied by the americans .
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' don ' t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows . . . . ' it blows all over and all around .
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union film distributors inc . ( 1960 ) ( united states ) ( theatrical ) ( as
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. . . a simple , poetic tale where the sentimental streak and patriotic idealism common to the soviet formula is humanized with vivid characters and tender direction .
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book ends : opens and closes with alyosha ' s mother on the edge of town looking down the dirt road that leads away from her village .
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much of the second world war was fought on russian soil . by the fall of 1941 , the germans had captured the baltic nations , the ukraine and most of european russia . usually when they occupied russian territory the germans found only burned villages and industrial plants that had been either removed beyond the ural mountains or destroyed . but in the baltic states , byelorussia , and the ukraine , many citizens who had been alienated by harsh stalinist rule welcomed the invaders .
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the entire plot - line is driven by one misunderstanding , misinterpretation or lie after another . the direction of the film then follows whatever path is chosen by these perceptions of reality . what ends up happening is that every character is constantly either disappointed or pleasantly surprised ; nobody , however , is ever completely right – or completely wrong .
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the beach is a 2000 british-american adventure drama film directed by danny boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by alex garland , which was adapted for the film by john hodge .

the film stars leonardo dicaprio , virginie ledoyen , guillaume canet , robert carlyle , tilda swinton , and paterson joseph .

it was filmed on the thai island koh phi phi .

the beach ( film )

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except it was made famous as a setting for the blockbuster film , ‘the beach’ .
chef lippe of vero beach gave a culinary demonstration on making pate thursday , june 08 , 2017 , during the vero beach wine and film festival at riverside park in vero beach .
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the beach is quite entertaining and engrossing movie filmed in thailand . the film inspired many people to get out and travel , with many travelers choosing koh phi phi island as the perfect beach holiday destination . have you watched the movie , the beach ? what are your thoughts about your ideal beach vacation ?
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“beach rats” premiered in u . s . competition at the 2017 sundance film festival . it is currently seeking distribution .
director danny boyle has revealed a smidgen of guilt casting leonardo dicaprio over ewan mcgregor in his 2000 film the beach .
dark currents are swirling around leonardo dicaprios new film , the beach .  environmental protesters in thailand recently marched on the u .
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, also in seaside heights over a decade ago , was filmed in the loveladies section of long beach township on long beach island last month .
ten years after the release of the film the beach , michelle jana chan heads to thailand to see if paradise can still be found .
there is a significant difference between the beach seen in the film and the one in real life . on the actual beach in thailand , there’s a large gap between the mountains . in the film , the beach seems secluded because special effects were used to digitally add some of the surrounding mountains in post - production , creating a beautiful lagoon that’s enclosed in between .
the number of minutes into the film before the shark makes its full appearance .
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the adam beach film institute provides a clear path to indigenous youth seeking entry into the media arts and film training industry . our teachings are driven and guided by the traditions of indigenous storytelling .
leading thai politicians have called for the beach to be banned , claiming the film is blasphemous and portrays their country as a drugs paradise .
portrayed as a paradise in the film the beach ( 2000 ) , the beauty of maya bay has stunned viewers and visitors alike . the exceptionally clear water , colourful corals and abundant marine life prove the film’s portrayal is no exaggeration .
koh phi phi islands were less known to the world until the release of film . despite the controversies associated with the beach , it helped put thailand on the map in terms of world tourism and travel . here we look at the 10 curiosities about the movie “the beach” .
international documentary film festival amsterdam ; full frame documentary film festival ; rencontres internationales du documentaire de montréal ; sxsw film festival ; seoul independent documentary festival ; afi / discovery channel silverdocs film festival . debuted on pbs and broadcast in europe and the middle east .
the map that daffy gives to richard in the film was illustrated by alex garland , the author of the book that the beach is based upon . he is credited for this as the cartographer .
- - looks like the days of gym - tan - laundry have returned to the beach .
the number of crew members buried in the sand to create the scene where chrissie’s arm is discovered on the beach .
the film - makers , led by director danny boyle and producer andrew macdonald , got permission from the country ' s forestry department to flatten the beach and strip away much of the native vegetation to turn maya bay into the fantasy beach depicted in garland ' s novel .
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fox denies damaging maya beach and last year dicaprio issued a statement defending the use of the island .
the beach wears its self - importance on its sleeve , but never truly earns it .
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the beach , designed to provoke audiences , stops for too many hollywood moments to get the job done .
but the beach . set alongside a blue lagoon , in the perfect bay . shielded from prying eyes by sheer cliffs on all sides . the ultimate beach . sun , sand and sea . paradise .
according to asbury park city officials , the show ' s producer , los angeles - based bright road productions , was granted a permit to film on the asbury park beach and boardwalk . however , producers were denied permission to film inside the langosta lounge restaurant on the boardwalk .
the amount of the film spielberg shot from water level to give audiences a sense of treading water .
the beach is nothing to write home about , though the landscapes are ravishing . the movie itself is neither fish nor fowl .
if you’re looking for something like the beach film set or something way more better i suggest you go to el nido , palawan , philippines instead . just my two cents . 🙂
( see also interviews with the author of
the beach ,
alex garland , and producer andrew macdonald . )
the beach boys - sloop john b . / surfing usa [ live - the 50th anniversary tour - chiba 2012 ]
so , when the creators of the 2000 film the beach came to shoot on the idyllic location of maya beach in the phi phi islands off thailand , they knew their responsibilities were not only to make a great film but to also take excellent care of the local ecosystem . . . two tasks at which they failed miserably . in a fitting twist , the message of the beach is ostensibly that trying to preserve an untouched paradise is futile . a message they wholeheartedly endorsed by laying waste to one of the most pristine islands in all of the south pacific .
wow , those crowds are insane ! i’ve never been to krabi in 6 years and 8 lengthy trips to thailand , maybe i’ll give this beach a miss , shame looks idyllic in the film . can’t believe i only watched the film yesterday , never too late i suppose lol
two of the beaches where the beach was filmed , kho phi phi leh and phuket , were affected by the indian ocean tsunami that occurred on 26 december 2004 . over 230000 people lost their lives when massive waves hit the coast the indian ocean . however , in a fitting twist , the tsunami of 2004 helped reshape the beach to its natural state following the damage the filmmakers had left at the beach .
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music video by the beach boys performing sloop john b ( promotional video ) ( 2006 digital remaster ) .
the filming of the famous dolly zoom shot ( pioneered in hitchcock’s vertigo ) on the beach . photograph : mptva / ha / lfi
“no , ” replied spielberg definitively . “it’s a film about a shark . ”
the film premiered in thailand in 2000 but was not greeted with much enthusiasm as some thai politicians were outraged by the way thailand was portrayed in the film . the film depicted a drug culture which was thought to give thailand a bad image . consequently , having a statue of budha in a bar was seen as blasphemous by the thai politicians . they eventually called for the film to be banned .
the film has had a mixed critical reaction so far and not been the expected box - office blockbuster .
maya bay is falling apart in front of us . who wants to visit an eroding beach ?
chris with boardwalk empire ' s stephen graham at the première of their film best laid plans .
the controversial but commercially successful film the beach , directed by danny boyle , was much anticipated by movie lovers in the year 2000 especially when it became apparent that leonardo dicarpio will be starring in it . leonardo had just won the hearts of many teens with his stellar performance in the titanic , and so there were a lot of expectations from the movie , the beach .
the phi phi islands are made up of two islands , the phi phi leh and the phi phi don . the phi phi leh is the smaller island and it’s not inhabited as it is a national park while phi phi don is the larger island densely occupied with hotels , beach front bars and beach - goers . the movie , the beach was mostly filmed in maya bay on the beaches of phi phi leh .
leonardo dicaprio ' s latest film , the beach , is set to make millions of dollars for hollywood - but locals on the thai island where it was filmed are still worried about its impact on their environment .
with our white sandy beaches and emerald waters we are able to provide a laid back you may be looking for , for your upcoming film . with our film production resources include locations , permitting , talent agencies and crew , is no denying the determination of the film industry here .
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to assess baz luhrmann ' s use of setting in his film , romeo + juliet , we can begin by contrasting the film with the play as it was originally performed in the 16th - century theatre . the key difference between the manner in which the film and the play deal with location is that the film is primarily an image - intensive medium that can visually show the audience the locale . shakespearean drama , on the other hand , was written to be heard as an auditory experience .
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here on the gulf coast , there are many memorable aspects of the area that are obvious , like the beautiful emerald coast beaches , popular tourist attractions , and two famous air force bases ( hurlburt and eglin ) . one of the least known traits , however , is the region’s growing film production . fort walton beach film production has been growing and offers many opportunities you can find no where else in regard to northwest florida film production .
according to danny boyle , the recreation of the look of the jungle scenes in the film was inspired by the banjo - kanzooie game developed by the rare / nintendo ltd .
beach rats is most compelling when it puts a self - aware focus on harris dickinson’s sculpted male figure .
the film is based on british author alex garland ' s 1997 bestseller , also called the beach . a kind of children ' s classic for backpacking hippies , the engaging utopian satire tells the story of a backpacker weary of overrun tourist spots in thailand .
the title and the rest of the credits do not appear until the end of the film . the only credits that appear at the beginning are the production companies ' logos and an explanation of how the tsunami came about .
fort walton beach has had a variety of productions filmed in the area . the scenery is perfect for production because of the small town and beach community . scenes from jaws 2 were shot on okaloosa island and navarre beach . the military presence in the area is also a large production benefit . the doolittle raider’s practice runs and other scenes were shot at eglin in 1944 for the film thirty seconds over tokyo . in addition to these films , transformers 3 , was filmed at hulburt field and northwest florida regional airport .
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critics say the beach is unfocused and muddled , a shallow adaptation of the novel it is based on . points go to the gorgeous cinematography , though .
environmental activists have now brought a £1 . 6m lawsuit against fox , the forestry department and thailand ' s agriculture ministry for the damage to the beach .
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ecologists fear the damage to maya bay may continue . loosened sand could damage coral reefs on the beach front - threatening the livelihoods of the boatmen who bring sunbathers to the beauty spot .
michael beach has joined jason momoa in the cast of “aquaman” for the warner bros . dc extended universe , currently being shot in australia by director james wan . beach has been cast as jesse kane , part of a group of high - seas hijackers who has a fateful interaction with aquaman . beach guest - starred alongside momoa on “stargate : atlantis” [ … ]
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he tells me :
the beach was meant to be a criticism of backpacker culture , not a celebration of it .
no american rock group has matched the beach boys for ingenuousness , and no other has endured so much prolonged suffering in public . that would make any documentary about the group revealing , even one as stilted and sanitized as the malcolm leo film ' ' the beach boys : an american band . ' ' like mr . leo ' s ' ' this is elvis , ' ' another authorized biography , this film says the least when it attempts to be straightforward , and the most when it lets the material speak for itself .
“every time we needed a rabbit pulled from a hat , the virginia film office handed us said rabbit . ”
until recently , that is . ever since maya bay , in thailand ' s phi phi island chain near phuket , was anointed the beach in the 20th century fox film starring leonardo dicaprio , the spot has been anything but peaceful . and the perfect beach happens to be in a national park , prompting allegations that officials are selling out thailand ' s natural heritage to a rapacious hollywood .
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the beach the beaches here run the gamut from horrific patong to perfectly formed coves . the west coast has the better beaches but it faces the open sea , giving rise to big rollers during the rains ( may to november ) . the more protected east has a longer season . be warned : some cliffside hotels need to shuttle guests by car to reach the nearest beach .
featuring in numerous hollywood films , the andaman sea never ceases to wow moviegoers and beach lovers alike . be it the crystal clear water or the powdery white sand beaches , the andaman sea makes for a perfect location not only for a dream holiday , but also for film makers .
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we only need to give the beach time to recover on its own . i ' m sure the claim is groundless .
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the beach except for the gorgeous beaches at railay , the rest are mostly rocky and suffer extreme tides , but the views are sensational ( looking at the same cluster of islands as the six senses hideaway but from the opposite direction ) .
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the film people are all gone and are going to make money selling their movie , but villagers here are paying the price .
a 20th century fox lawyer said the film - makers took every precaution possible , and the severe erosion was caused by unusually heavy storms .
the audience take - away . on the beach , of course , stems from an era when nuclear weapons were primarily in the hands of two world superpowers . today there seems to be powerful nuclear capability in virtually every global neighborhood . which makes the message of this novel and this film all the more timely .
and the beach should bring them . the movie is a virtually certain blockbuster , since the same team that made the hip smash trainspotting has cast international heart - throb dicaprio in the lead role . before long , millions of people around the globe will be lining up to see the beach , and maya bay is destined to become the most famous stretch of sand in asia , if not the world .
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hot on the heels of titanic , the beach was a critical and commercial failure , but it also featured a remarkable performance from an often - predictable actor .
anything which will involve restricting the access of the general public to a public area ( e . g . cordoning off part of a street or beach ) ;
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by attempting to combine elements of mystery , adventure , action and romance , ' the beach ' becomes too jumbled to follow with much interest .
pamela parrish and her son , benny , in “bombay beach , ” about a short - lived paradise that sprang up by the salton sea .
the beach the views are phenomenal but the beaches are not outstanding . occasionally between the limestone fingers there is a tiny sliver of sand ( but no facilities ) . best to explore by canoe .
century fox bulldozed and landscaped the natural beach setting of koh phi phi lee to make it more “paradise - like” . the production cleared some grass and palm trees and altering some sand dunes in order to widen the beach . even though fox set aside funds to reconstruct and return the beach to its natural state , it never came around to it as environmentalists who believed the ecosystem had been damaged permanently and all restoration attempts had failed , filed lawsuits against fox . after the filmmakers left the island , the real damage became clear when the entire area remained destroyed and an artificially - created flat land with odd layout of trees at one end of the beach was never rectified until the tsunami of 2004 .
the follow - up to warner bros . pictures and dc’s hugely successful wonder woman film , wonder woman 1984 will film for several weeks in alexandria virginia this summer . the film brings critically - acclaimed director patty jenkins back to helm , and will once again star gal gadot in the lead role , alongside kristin wiig and pedro pascal . the movie is scheduled for release november 1 , 2019 .
beach has been cast as jesse kane , part of a group of high - seas hijackers who has a fateful interaction with aquaman . beach guest - starred alongside momoa on “stargate : atlantis” several years ago and acted in wan’s “insidious : chapter 2 . ”
the committee wants thai film censors to pull the movie , which stars leonardo dicaprio even though it has already been passed for release on friday .
cinema owners in thailand are already plastering their premises with posters of dicaprio in anticipation of the film ' s release in the country next month .
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the intensity of this moment is matched by the film’s final shot . kramer’s on the beach opens with a montage of melbourne’s lively downtown business district : pedestrians and vehicles come and go , while a sidewalk evangelist gathers a crowd under a banner that proclaims “there is still time … brother . ” at the film’s end , after the deadly radiation has made its presence felt , the banner continues to flap in the breeze . but there’s no one to read its message of hope .
the recent release of mad max : fury road has rekindled discussion about damage to sensitive sand dune environments , reportedly caused during the film’s production on the namibian coastline .
richmond , va - - the virginia film office today announced that the 2018 virginia screenwriting competition will accept screenplay submissions beginning april 13th , . . .
he said changes had been made since it was first rejected by the thai film board - and its characterisation of the king was certainly a great improvement on the one played by yul brynner in the king and i . another twentieth century fox movie which has caused a stir in thailand is the beach , starring leonardo dicaprio . filmed on location in thailand , its production was the centre of months of protest by environmentalists who claimed it had destroyed a pristine beach at a thai national park .
michael beach has joined jason momoa in the cast of “ aquaman ” for the warner bros . dc extended universe , currently being shot in australia by director james wan .
the beach one of the few places in the gulf of thailand where you can view the quintessential karstic scenery ( generally found on the andaman sea side ) . beaches range from very busy – chaweng – to the pretty and palm - fringed .
the hoopla seems to consume the entire nation . in bangkok , this same day , environmentalists protest outside the u . s . embassy . wearing leo masks and fangs . brandishing signs that say :
don ' t rape our beach .
demanding an investigation into hollywood ' s invasion of the island park . the outcry has only increased since the film - makers found the perfect beach and made it , um , even more perfect ! they touched it up with coconut trees and plastic flowers . paradise .
so , where does kickstarter come in , and what am i trying to do ? we want to make the pebble & the boy the best film it can possibly be . and we ' re off to an amazing start as paul weller has read the outline of the story and given it his support . and with support from the guys at kickstarter in nyc , shooting people and fans of paul , the jam & the style council , mods and scooter lovers , friends & family and film fans from around the world i ' m now looking to take the project to the next stage by shooting a short promo film to show how amazing the finished feature film will be .
eliza hittman’s film captures the exclusive properties of sex with a degree of intimacy and empathy that , at times , feels authentically revelatory .
members of thailand ' s house of representatives ' arts and culture committee said they had received complaints from the public that the film was disrespectful to buddhism .
i booked an overnight boat tour to maya bay . when we first arrived at the beach around 3pm , the crowds were insane . drunk tourists falling over everywhere . boats zipping in and out . but then , around 6pm , all the tourists slowly left and we had the beach completely to ourselves . we frolicked for a bit before we ate our home cooked panang in the jungle , while drinking buckets and passing around a guitar . we slept on the boat , since you’re not supposed to stay on the beach , but we were the first people back in the morning . i would definitely recommend getting to this beach as early as possible and staying a bit later to see its real beauty . it was incredible .
one , surat saewkok , said :
maya bay is falling apart in front of us . who wants to visit an eroding beach ?
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at thalia , 95th street at broadway . running time : 103 minutes . this film is rated pg - 13 .
these vivid location shots perform the same function as the prologue for shakespeare ' s first audience . a 16th - century playgoer would have associated the hot climate , fiery , passionate nature of the people , and strong sense of family honor with the italian locale . by comparison , the film puts the viewer in the midst of the strife - torn city infected with crime and decay . the film uses these graphic images of violence to communicate the setting to the audience .
it is one of those rare films that you remember as much for the location as for the star – and that is something given the leading man was leonardo dicaprio . set on the coast of thailand , the story of the beach – based on the best - selling book of the same name by alex garland – told the tale of travellers ' tireless quest for an untouched beach idyll . it also demonstrated how swiftly we can ruin what we find .
either way , the beach has put a spotlight on the young travelers who descend on thailand each year . not everyone appreciates their contribution to the economy . one local writer unkindly refers to the young tourists as the
backpacker cult .
we ' ve previously established that the chariot race in the 1925 film ben - hur was one of the most dangerous film shoots in history . in a quest for realism at the expense of life , the film recreated a full on , no - holds - barred chariot race among the stuntmen with a $ 100 incentive for the winner , and at least one loser was treated to the consolation prize of death . but that ' s not why it ' s on our list ; the scene was also responsible for killing around 100 horses .
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but then there ' s the most iconic shot in a film full of iconic shots , the opening scene of the palm trees burning under a storm of napalm as jim morrison wails over the top about oedipus and the transient nature of existence . most people are probably too distracted by one of the finest opening shots in film to actually contemplate how it was achieved .
best laid plans , starring stephen graham and maxine peake is a film that chris the writer / director wrote . here is a link to the trailer . . .
kevin jerome everson introduced the world premiere of his 10th film , the island of st . matthews , at rotterdam by saying that it’s like the others , but different : a familiar s…
they probably thought that film sets and the real environment function the same way , so they did not expect a serious damage and a revenge from mother nature . eventually , when the filming was over and they all left the island , the seasonal storms hit the beach as usual , but this time the sand dunes didn’t have the protection of their natural vegetation . they collapsed immediately and they were washed out to the sea , damaging the fragile coral reef on their way out .
the film tries to end on a note of optimism , showing that the group is still together . but carl wilson , for one , has been shown performing much more excitedly on his own , and it ' s clear that for all of them , continuing to sing adolescent , 20 - year - old paeans to the surfing life has become , at least to some degree , a burden . a more astute film would have encouraged the beach boys to talk about this and other aspects of their lives more frankly . mr . leo doesn ' t try , but his film has its inadvertent candor anyway .
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i head there myself , later - for now , i relish my surroundings . after all , this is the most fought - over beach since the americans wrested iwo jima from the japanese during world war ii .
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people i talk to about the film always remember that camera shot from the shark’s perspective and the music , but the writing in that scene is just incredible . in spite of the damage the film did to the reputation of the great white shark , i still love it unabashedly . in a sunny english field , as our friend recited the line that a shark has “black eyes , like a doll’s eyes” , a shiver passed through everyone .
tourist numbers must definitely be caped and the park entry should be 4000 thb not 400 thb charged before the people arrive at the beach . money is the only thing , how this place can be saved , believe it or not .
there is an initial impulse to say of stanley kramer ' s
on the beach ,
the new film that he and john paxton have refined from the novel of nevil shute , that it is concerned with the imagined annihilation of all mankind on this earth , the slow poisoning of the last pocket of surviving humans by radioactive fall - out from a nuclear war . view full article in timesmachine »
“there is still time … brother” can be taken as the underlying message of on the beach . both novel and film are consciously urging the public to avert calamity . one who responded strongly was caldicott , who vividly remembers the impact the book made on her : “it just penetrated every bone of my body . … that an episode in the northern hemisphere could destroy the southern hemisphere and everything on it was almost unimaginable . ”
meantime , islanders disgruntled over missing out on a slice of the film ' s $ 40 - million budget have clashed with islanders lucky enough to be on the payroll .
the 60 - year - old director famously fell out with ewan , 45 , after promising to cast the scottish actor in the lead role for the film , but instead blindsiding him and giving the role to a youthful leonardo dicaprio .
and a young hollywood actress named karen sharpe , who’d been featured in the high and the mighty , was one of many who fell under the spell of the stanley kramer film . she saw it at grauman’s chinese theater , deliberately choosing an afternoon performance to beat the crowds . it didn’t work : the big auditorium was jam - packed . she has never forgotten her first reaction to on the beach : “it was devastating . ”
the environmental credentials of the motion picture industry have been questioned before . films set in natural environments , such as the beach ( 2000 ) , the lord of the rings trilogy ( 2001 - 2003 ) and the hobbit trilogy ( 2012 - 2015 ) , have all received scrutiny .
a court case , against 20th century fox , a local producer and the thai forestry department alleging damage to the beach on phi phi island is still going on . the next hearing will be held on 26 march .
the hotel if you can , aman . the first aman resort and flagship of the chain , amanpuri snaffled up one of the island ' s best beaches , pansea , which it shares with the chedi . snorkel along the right - hand side of the beach and swim to the pontoon for sunset . the downside is jet skis from neighbouring resorts buzzing about the bay .
the numerous animal deaths forced congress to look at animal abuse in film for the first time . its star errol flynn later asserted in his autobiography that it was he who complained to the aspca .
the film , the beach is based on the novel of the same name published in 1996 by alex garland . richard , the main character in the novel , is english . ewan mcgregor was drafted by danny boyle as his first choice to cast as richard . however , it was speculated that the fox studio offered to give boyle additional funding under the condition that richard’s character be made american and dicarpio be cast instead . mcgregor later blamed the studio and felt he was betrayed at the time by boyle .
this dialogue comes from the 1959 film version . shute’s on the beach had quickly become a worldwide sensation . in its first six weeks , the american edition of the book sold 100 , 000 copies , dislodging the steamy peyton place from its top spot on the nation’s bestseller lists . of course a cinematic adaptation was inevitable , and the socially aware stanley kramer ( whose just - released prior film , the defiant ones , had tackled racial prejudice in the deep south ) quickly bought the movie rights . he cast major hollywood stars in the central roles and moved his company to melbourne to shoot one of the first feature - length hollywood movies ever to be made on australian soil .
it just showed a bad image of drug - taking and killings by thais ,
she said .
but the scenery of thailand looked beautiful in the film .
what a clever , ambitious , compassionate picture it is ; what a success for joe wright and for knightley and mcavoy - though it is probably in the long , languid wordless summery scenes at the beginning that the film works best . it ' s a film which aims at big ideas , and it treats us like grownups .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
leonardo dicaprio made a great speech about climate change during the oscars , however , in 2000 he took place in the movie called “the beach” which was one of the most wasteful and environmentally damaging movies ever . the movie takes place in phi phi islands in thailand .
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total hyperbole , but they have reason to be angry . they object to any alterations to the landscape . and they fume about what they claim was the film ' s illegal approval . their key point is that , rather than go through regular channels to film in the park , the beach was given an exemption from the national parks act . this bans any change in the natural state of the park , except on educational , scientific and tourism grounds . the government ' s response ? silence mainly . as the protests grew in fury , the film - makers were left to explain away the modifications . these include planting 60 coconut trees - scaled back from 100 - leveling a pair of dunes and clearing weeds . nobody , they point out , complained about the three to four tons of trash they carted away .
the beach
is a seriously confused film that makes three or four passes at being a better one and doesn ' t complete any of them . since leonardo dicaprio is required to embody all of its shifting moods and aims , it provides him with more of a test than a better film might have ; it ' s like a triathlon where every time he spies the finish line they put him on a bicycle and send him out for another 50 miles .
the beach the coastline can be rocky , scrub - like and lined with mangroves but it is also dotted with unspoilt beaches . be warned : in undeveloped areas , there may be sandflies and mosquitoes .
wow , i bet that was interesting to watch ! i agree , the north and south are so different , but the north is more calm . however , it’s good to have beach time though 🙂
though mr . leo ' s talent is more for collecting archival footage than for putting it together in any interesting way , he has done enough homework here to present some memorable if erratic glimpses of the group , its sense of itself as a public entity , and the various strains and hardships that have shaped its history . the film does less justice to the talent of the beach boys . concentrating heavily on the ' ' fun , fun , fun ' ' stages of their career and loaded with the silliest footage from television shows like ' ' shindig , ' ' it gives only the most glancing sense of the ways in which their music has evolved . still , the film - which has also been available as a video cassette - is aimed primarily at beach boys fans . they certainly know how good the group can be .
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the charges claim that the film shoot was given the go - ahead before social impact and environmental studies were carried out and is claiming compensation of more than 100 million baht ( £1 . 6m ) .
you must have the permission of the occupier of the property to avoid liability for trespass . however , the terms of the occupier ' s agreement with the owner ( landlord ) might also affect whether you can film there so it is prudent also to ensure that the owner of the land has also given permission .
the beach mediocre , and a dip in the sea is uninviting , but at low tide the beach stretches out to allow for a long walk . there is also plenty of local colour . at dawn ( low tide only ) , buddhist monks walk along the sand to their temple and locals come to give alms ( spoonfuls of rice ) . at the end of the day , boys play football , children dig for shellfish and families bathe fully clothed .
quite possibly the best movie set in coney island since “little fugitive” in 1959 , “beach rats” is another gritty tale of young people adrift in the crowded scene . the story revolves around frankie ( british actor harris dickinson , adopting an inner - city accent in an astonishing big - screen debut ) , who hides away in his cramped bedroom scanning the internet for gay hookups when he’s not roaming the beach with his thuggish friends doing drugs .
the self - made man is a tour de force . no other film documentary has ever captured the living trail of a man ' s decision to commit suicide in the context of his past , present , and future . whatever your background and experience , world view , and beliefs , this film will provoke powerful reactions and compelling questions about the right to die .
likewise the hoopla over the film . if laws were violated , that is up to a thai judge to decide . and despite an environmental controversy that split ecology groups , many concede the battle may lead to refinement of vague areas of park law . as to the phi phi islands , peace and quiet won ' t return any time soon . not with customers queuing up at the rolling stoned . and certainly not after the christmas release of the beach . by then , garland ' s book will feature leo ' s mug on the cover - bringing the beach to the attention of millions more . some of whose footprints , for better or worse , are bound to appear in maya bay .
) is crammed full of gossip , cast lists , photos and shooting schedules . changes are posted in real time , almost before the film company changes its mind . hollywood is famous for flip - flops . in fact , film representatives later try to quiet the site , even as other reps enthusiastically refer reporters to it .
cast members from the hit mtv show
jersey shore
have been spotted with camera crews in point pleasant beach and asbury park within the past month to shoot a
jersey shore
reunion , according to the asbury park press .
what remains interesting about the beach , however , is dicaprio ' s performance . positioned squarely between the boyishness of his 1990s work and the calcified smugness of his scorsese - and - beyond adult period , the beach sits at a fascinating crossroads of youth and respectability for the actor . his performance pulls from all corners of his arsenal ; it ' s sexy and brave and wild - eyed and , eventually , exceedingly vulnerable . i can ' t say whether it was the failure of the beach that did it , but dicaprio has never been this adventurous on screen since . and he ' s certainly never been this risky when it comes to selecting projects .
in it felt like love , there was at least the suggestion of a slightly skewed and stylized approach being taken to the narrative world of the film , enough to excuse some of the less viable decisions in the plot and of its characters as an extension of the theoretical course that hittman had chosen to explore . but beach rats , at least with regard to its writing , feels like an approximation of typical ameri - indie realism . by that standard , the film’s narrative world is inchoate , and its characters’ psychologies too tidy—right down to bookending sequences of frankie watching the coney island fireworks , and the contrasting emotions that both scenes are blatantly intended to evoke .
according to the script , they needed a clearing on the beach large enough to play football , so they bulldozed a whole heap of the native trees and vegetation . also to get the right look , they planted so many of non - native palm trees .