The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov
Beumers, Birgit / Condee, Nancy
Alexander Sokurov's "Russian Ark" is generally acclaimed as a milestone in cinematography. In this film, Sokurov reversed the idea of montage, creating instead the sensation of an uninterrupted flow of time encompassing three centuries of Russia's cultural history through a single, 90-minute take. Yet this film is but one milestone in the work of this versatile director. Since the 1990s, Sokurov's films have had international recognition at fi...
