Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:26 JST vaartis running up that hill
   Watched the master and margarita movie in theater
   It's not comparable in quality to the tv show and very compressed
   But it has some very interesting things about it
   1. The USSR in it looks like atomic heart more than actual Moscow , futuristic and very big
   2. It is very anti soviet / russian, even more so than the original. In the end of the movie Moscow is burning and exploding all over because of main characters actions
   3. This was all made on government money (Фонд Кино), and it says things they don't say in current day Russian movies politically and despite this it's in theaters
   Movie itself 6/10 but elevated by the interesting parts
   
   Also very much a "based on" instead of adaptation, a lot of things skipped and the plot itself it 2-layered where original book is only 1 layer's contents
   
   Budget was ~13M$ which is big for a russian movie but not that big for america
   • Embed this notice
     Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash: (mer@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:15 JST Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash:

     in reply to

     • josemanuel
     @vaartis @josemanuel
     can confirm, Gogol never gets old. Allways hiilarious to read a guy going insane.
   • Embed this notice
     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:16 JST vaartis running up that hill

     in reply to

     • josemanuel
     @josemanuel honestly, my recommendation would be to not read dostoevski, it's a lot of words and little substance, in my opinion. Gogol is pretty fun, though
   • Embed this notice
     josemanuel@qoto.org's status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:17 JST josemanuel

     in reply to

     @vaartis I do have Anna Karenina in Russian, but I can’t speak a word of it, so… Actually, maybe it was Ukrainian and I could never tell. (It was given to me by an Ukrainian friend many years ago.)

     If I ever visit Russia, I’ll buy everything Dostoievski and some Chekhov. If you have more recommendations, please let me know.

   • Embed this notice
     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:19 JST vaartis running up that hill

     in reply to

     • josemanuel
     @josemanuel it's a very good book in original language, don't know how good the translations are
   • Embed this notice
     josemanuel@qoto.org's status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:20 JST josemanuel

     in reply to

     @vaartis It’s ok. I prefer Russian books to movies in general.

   • Embed this notice
     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:21 JST vaartis running up that hill

     in reply to

     • josemanuel
     @josemanuel probably one of my favourite russian books. I also highly recommend the 2005 TV show which adapts the book very closely if you can find it subtitled. I have it but IDK how to share it.
   • Embed this notice
     josemanuel@qoto.org's status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:22 JST josemanuel

     in reply to

     @vaartis Is it good? Is it worth it?

   • Embed this notice
     josemanuel@qoto.org's status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:24 JST josemanuel

     in reply to

     @vaartis Thanks for the spoiler. I wanted to read the novel eventually.

   • Embed this notice
     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:24:24 JST vaartis running up that hill

     in reply to

     • josemanuel
     @josemanuel that was for the movie, the book is completely different
   • Embed this notice
     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 02:27:00 JST vaartis running up that hill

     in reply to

     • Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash:
     • josemanuel
     @mer @josemanuel also guy's nose disappearing
     Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash: likes this.