Aleksei Poluyan In Director Alexei Balabanov's Cargo 200. Courtesy Disinformation Company.
Though he only decided he wanted to be a filmmaker in his late twenties, Alexei Balabanov has made up for lost time by creating a body of work that has made him both Russia's most interesting auteur and one of its most commercially successful directors. Born in Sverdlovsk in 1959, Balabanov studied translation at the Gorky Pedagogical University and then spent a few years working as an interpreter for the Russian Army in the Middle East and Africa. It was only at the age of 28 that he signed on to attend the Advanced Course for Screenwriters and Directors in Moscow, where he studied auteurist cinema. Graduating in 1990 with a couple of student...
Though he only decided he wanted to be a filmmaker in his late twenties, Alexei Balabanov has made up for lost time by creating a body of work that has made him both Russia's most interesting auteur and one of its most commercially successful directors. Born in Sverdlovsk in 1959, Balabanov studied translation at the Gorky Pedagogical University and then spent a few years working as an interpreter for the Russian Army in the Middle East and Africa. It was only at the age of 28 that he signed on to attend the Advanced Course for Screenwriters and Directors in Moscow, where he studied auteurist cinema. Graduating in 1990 with a couple of student...
- 1/14/2009
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The new movie year gets off to a shocking start with "Cargo 200," a wicked black comedy from Russia.
It is directed by the well-known (among cineastes) Aleksei Balabanov ("Brother," "Of Freaks and Men") and allegedly is based on true events.
The story unfolds in late 1984, during Russia's war in Afghanistan. It was a time, Balabanov is saying, of social decay that would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"I show what filth we lived in," Balabanov, who has been called Russia's David Lynch, told the Wall Street Journal in...
It is directed by the well-known (among cineastes) Aleksei Balabanov ("Brother," "Of Freaks and Men") and allegedly is based on true events.
The story unfolds in late 1984, during Russia's war in Afghanistan. It was a time, Balabanov is saying, of social decay that would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"I show what filth we lived in," Balabanov, who has been called Russia's David Lynch, told the Wall Street Journal in...
- 1/2/2009
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
By Neil Pedley
After the feast of holiday offerings, there's but a meager smattering on offer for a New Year nibble. This week brings two brand spanking new holocaust movies for anyone who still has the stomach (after the other four released in past weeks) or as a tasty alternative you can enjoy some bloody murder in the former Soviet Union or some bloody murder right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. You decide.
"Angel's Blade"
Depending on your tolerance for ultra low-budget horror, writer/director Robert Stock's debut feature will either delight with its copious amounts of corn syrup-enhanced gore or look like someone had a camcorder out during an intense Halloween-themed session of Larp. Inspired by a supernatural encounter that spooked his infant son while idling on a lonely road one night, Stock was inspired to create this dark legend involving a young girl's spirit haunting the backwoods,...
After the feast of holiday offerings, there's but a meager smattering on offer for a New Year nibble. This week brings two brand spanking new holocaust movies for anyone who still has the stomach (after the other four released in past weeks) or as a tasty alternative you can enjoy some bloody murder in the former Soviet Union or some bloody murder right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. You decide.
"Angel's Blade"
Depending on your tolerance for ultra low-budget horror, writer/director Robert Stock's debut feature will either delight with its copious amounts of corn syrup-enhanced gore or look like someone had a camcorder out during an intense Halloween-themed session of Larp. Inspired by a supernatural encounter that spooked his infant son while idling on a lonely road one night, Stock was inspired to create this dark legend involving a young girl's spirit haunting the backwoods,...
- 12/29/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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