tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post3687511436405774279..comments2023-08-02T01:48:35.439-07:00Comments on The Grinnell College Russian Literature Blog: The Cranes Are FlyingKelly Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484703304084014289noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-50665556753616204932012-04-30T14:39:50.496-07:002012-04-30T14:39:50.496-07:00I really loved this movie too! Veronica's stor...I really loved this movie too! Veronica's story seems to capture the events and feelings that many young women went through during this time. At the same time, I didn't think the movie was predictable and it kept my attention the entire time. A lot of this had to do with how the movie was filmed. All of the scenes were so interesting and well done. Like Scott mentioned, I liked how the movie didn't focus so much on battle scenes but how the war effected families at home.Kate Duranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302545732007441086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-16633257741714253732012-04-29T20:15:13.059-07:002012-04-29T20:15:13.059-07:00I agree that the scene with Veronika and Mark was ...I agree that the scene with Veronika and Mark was somewhat melodramatic, but I also thought it was interesting in how disturbing yet also vague the scene was. We know that something sketchy is going on, but it is exactly that: sketchy. In a way, even though the scene is somewhat outdated, the intense framing of his and her faces expand the possibilities of what happened to extremes. It gave the feel of something intense without the explicit illustration of it.lara glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04281303590338212164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-43313508862717735522012-04-29T17:42:48.697-07:002012-04-29T17:42:48.697-07:00While I agree that certain scenes were a bit too m...While I agree that certain scenes were a bit too melodramatic for my taste, I thoroughly enjoyed the way the film was edited. The disconcerting combination of rapidly shifting images and sounds helped underscore the chaos characters were dealing with, while also giving the audience a first-person perspective on events, as when Mark was shot. On the whole, I thought the film was quite well done.Cary Speckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401301020116600440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-38416764484037215672012-04-27T19:26:02.366-07:002012-04-27T19:26:02.366-07:00I too really enjoyed the movie, especially the sce...I too really enjoyed the movie, especially the scene with the stairs. I liked how certain details such as characters expressions, music and emotion played an important part of the movie...and I believe these small details makes this movie a unique art work. Like today the director uses love as a as a means of connecting with generation in any period of time.nahibfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638808645831417998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-52481262547331345022012-04-27T15:31:31.131-07:002012-04-27T15:31:31.131-07:00I guess the film being black and white, not too we...I guess the film being black and white, not too well composed, lacking of special effects... wouldn't really be considered too great from today's perspective. Despite that though, I felt that the fact it was left free of all redundancy that distracts from most movies's points now-a-days, the movies portrayed exactly what it was supposed to. The point was clear, and the scenes weren't misleading. It was easy to follow and understand. I thoroughly enjoyed it.Lea Marolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718223537453884308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-11627078944252373332012-04-26T21:39:33.244-07:002012-04-26T21:39:33.244-07:00I really enjoyed the perspective presented in this...I really enjoyed the perspective presented in this film as well. The filmmakers did a fine job of portraying what life was like for civilians in war-torn Russia. The film also delivered a powerful antiwar message in its final, touching frames - a message that even fifty years later still has a powerful impact on the viewer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939501507856664912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-69047170456566937502012-04-26T19:23:41.161-07:002012-04-26T19:23:41.161-07:00Even if some of the scenes were outdated, the way ...Even if some of the scenes were outdated, the way they blended with the whole movie was great. I loved this movie and I think the actors were really expressive( even if a bit exaggerated at times).Iulia Iordachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285551249512371950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-90660637040876531322012-04-26T15:23:39.196-07:002012-04-26T15:23:39.196-07:00I too really enjoyed the movie. I think the filmm...I too really enjoyed the movie. I think the filmmakers did an excellent job of establishing the realities of war, but then moving beyond that aspect to really examine the impact on civilian life away from the frontlines.Scott Hoagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-63573027743259931272012-04-25T19:20:44.115-07:002012-04-25T19:20:44.115-07:00I think you make a really good point when noticing...I think you make a really good point when noticing how most of American war movies focus on the soldiers instead of the civilian aspect, reflecting the general American experience. Hence such cold sounding and desantized expressions such as "collateral damage" are used nowdays to describe the loss of civilan lives, for example. I often talk about wars and suffering with my grandparents and relatives in Belgrade who survived NATO bombing of 1999 when 3,000 civilians, including many preschool age children or retirees in their 70s and 80s became "collateral damage." Many of them are "damaged goods" for the rest of their lives. I think that only people who experienced war destruction first hand are capable of conveying some of that raw emotion and experience in a uncontaminated, non-commercial way. The reason for lesser popularity of foreign artistic movies in America (European in general, for example) may be the inability of American public to identify with issues and experiences of other nations, especially those which are considered not so friendly to us. Two thumbs up for the movie!Petar Miljkovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078752071508950975noreply@blogger.com