Movies made in Socialist countries

[RHIZOMES]

Any good ones? The only one I've seen is Pulgasari from North Korea (Who's status as a socialist state is debatable). I'm currently in the process of downloading "White Sun of the Desert", a classic Russian western from the 70's.

Any particular movies you've seen that are particularly grand?

[bootleg42]

Originally posted by The Red [email protected] 04, 2007 06:05 am
I'm currently in the process of downloading "White Sun of the Desert", a classic Russian western from the 70's.


Just a question.........are you getting that from some torrent site or newsnet or IRC room??? If so please do provide a link.

And to everyone, I would also be interested in such movies.

[RHIZOMES]

Originally posted by bootleg42+September 04, 2007 06:11 am--> (bootleg42 @ September 04, 2007 06:11 am)
The Red [email protected] 04, 2007 06:05 am
I'm currently in the process of downloading "White Sun of the Desert", a classic Russian western from the 70's.


Just a question.........are you getting that from some torrent site or newsnet or IRC room??? If so please do provide a link.

And to everyone, I would also be interested in such movies. [/b]
I got it from the Pirate Bay (http://thepiratebay.org/). Just search up "White Sun of the Desert". It should be there.

It's sadly one of the only Eastern bloc movies I've been able to find =(.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

I Am Cuba is about as good as it gets.

[Angry Young Man]

I know it's made in retrospect, but "Goodbye Lenin" is good. Very sad at the end.

[RHIZOMES]

Originally posted by Romantic [email protected] 04, 2007 01:37 pm
I know it's made in retrospect, but "Goodbye Lenin" is good. Very sad at the end.
I've seen that.

Great movie.

[Robespierre2.0]

Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin. It's a landmark film, both artistically and politically. He also made Alexander Nevsky, which is a bit more nationalistic (it was made during the Stalin era), but still amazing.

[Angry Young Man]

See also October 1917. Never seen Potemkin, but October ends with the workers taking over, so much affection.

[blackstone]

Originally posted by Compañ[email protected] 04, 2007 07:35 am
I Am Cuba is about as good as it gets.
Where will i be able to get this? Thanks in advance.

[RHIZOMES]

I just downloaded Solaris and White Sun of the Desert. Can't wait to see them.

[Janus]

This film (http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=54048&hl=+breaking++ideas) made in the PRC has been brought up several times in this forum.

[Rainie]

Originally posted by blackstone+September 06, 2007 01:43 pm--> (blackstone @ September 06, 2007 01:43 pm)
Compañ[email protected] 04, 2007 07:35 am
I Am Cuba is about as good as it gets.
Where will i be able to get this? Thanks in advance. [/b]
You can buy it at amazon or check your local public library. Here's the trailer plus a review:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvwLZOpxAFQ

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d.../512080302/1023 (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951208/REVIEWS/512080302/1023)

[MarxSchmarx]

Dersu Uzala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film))

This was a 1975 joint effort between the USSR movie company Mosfilm and Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

[Vladislav]

White Sun of the Desert is very good. I'd also recommend "The Twelve Chairs", 1971 film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Archil Gomiashvili, Sergei Filippov, and Yuri Nikulin from the Soviet Union. great film although it contains a lot of word play and it would be good if you could understand russian.

[Djehuti]

Originally posted by Romantic [email protected] 05, 2007 04:14 pm
See also October 1917. Never seen Potemkin, but October ends with the workers taking over, so much affection.
Ironicly, more people died in the movie storming the winter palace than during the real storming. ;)





How about:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091015/

[blackstone]

The Blue Kite, about the Great Leap Forward and Hundred Flower Campaign in China

[thescarface1989]

Originally posted by blackstone+September 06, 2007 01:43 pm--> (blackstone @ September 06, 2007 01:43 pm)
Compañ[email protected] 04, 2007 07:35 am
I Am Cuba is about as good as it gets.
Where will i be able to get this? Thanks in advance. [/b]
http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=70810

[Paris '68]

You might want to check out Godard's "Weekend," a French film that came out in the revolutionary year of 1968. In the middle of the film there is a long monologue encouraging anti-imperialist resistence in third world countries. A French New Wave classic. There was also a couple of noteworthy films that came out of Poland in the 1970's by Andre Wajeda called "Man of Iron" and "Man of Steel."

[ellipsis]

I have been watching a lot of cuban films put out by the national film institute

memories of underdevelopment

portrait of teresa

and some others

Tunnel Warfare is quiet good as is three songs about lenin both on World revolution media. (http://revmedia.net/films.html)