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Dead Souls
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small provincial town and begins to proposition the local landowners. These landowners are revealed to be so petty and avaricious that not even Chichikov’s amazing offer can be worked to his advantage on them. Some stall, some refuse for no obvious reasons, some promise and then renege, and others want “in on the deal.” In the end, Chichikov, having concluded that the landowners are a hopeless lot, leaves for other regions.
| Release : | 1984 |
| Rating : | 7.5 |
| Studio : | Mosfilm, Gosteleradio USSR, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Aleksandr Trofimov Aleksandr Kalyagin Yuri Bogatyryov Larisa Udovichenko Tamara Nosova |
| Genre : | Drama Comedy History |
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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
