Talk:Russian Ark

message: This article is innacurate. It states the movie was recorded on film. It was actually recorded onto a hard disk. So says the documentary on the DVD. — Hippietrail 03:04, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've removed the claim that this is "the world's first unedited feature film", instead just noting that it consists of a single continuous shot. As Davidb0229 notes above, it's dubious to describe it as "unedited". And it isn't the first film to have a continuous shot running for the entire length. One earlier example is Timecode (2000)  where four 90-minute shots are shown in split screen. There may well be earlier films I'm not aware of. From a quick look at the external links I didn't see any claim that Russian Ark was the first to use any particular technique. — Andy Smith (talk) 21:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Truly an amazing film. No one still have beat Russian Ark's record of 92 minutes. This movie will be a record breaker for many years to come. I hope the director makes another one shot film like this one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.229.251 (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "First unedited feature film" 

message: i added the citation for 'single continuous shot', but it's in german, and im not familiar with the way external refs are inserted.
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http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.foni.net%2F%7Evhummel%2FFilm%2FBuettnerInterview.html&date=2008-01-10
is my try. There's lots of other information on the movie in that interview.
Maybe someone more knowledgable could format it and post it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.63.43.181 (talk) 00:34, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  citation 

message: Shouldn't there be a citation for the line "The director later disassociated himself from Büttner."?
Lichegate (talk) 09:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed? 

message: I found myself curious about whether this film represents a rejection of soviet montage theory.  Some sources I dug up suggest it is, at least indirectly, in the sense that Sokurov was strongly influenced by Tarkovsky, who “made no bones about his dislike of Soviet montage theory” and “expressly regretted that it was not possible to make a one-shot movie . . . longer than about 12 minutes”.  A blog article argues that “Sokurov . . . completely opposes the core values of montage theory with his single-take style”, and thereby “quietly acts to contradict” the European′s criticism of Russians, that they lack “their own art heritage.”  The New York Press′s review of Russian Ark also mentions “the technical limitations of film cameras and the academic triumph of montage theory” as it argues that “the long take . . . represents one extreme of an old, still-unresolved argument in film theory”.
I think it′s safe to say that Soviet montage theory had a significant influence world-wide. (I will weakly support this opinion by pointing out that Eisenstein is one of only six notable film theorists listed on the “List of basic film topics” page.)  Russian Ark is a Russian film about (I don't think there′s any dispute) Russian identity, history and art, and undeniably does not employ perhaps the most significant theory of Russian cinema.  So it seems odd not to mention it.
I am not, however, an expert in this field, and am wary of posting what might be largely original research, rather than the actual intents of the creators of the film or the reactions of a significant part of its audience.  Perhaps someone with more expertise can make use of my research.
Dan337 (talk) 18:46, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soviet Montage Theory 

message: When the Siskel Film Center screened Russian Ark in 2013 the format was described as "New DCP digital restoration."  It would be useful to note in the article whether this involved going back to the original digital source material, or was it just a new scan of the 35mm master. Mathew5000 (talk) 03:14, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New digital restoration 

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