The Soviets are leaving, but the country is staying with them. In the same way that Apocalypse Now is about a trip on a boat, Battle For Afghanistan is framed by efforts to recover a downed pilot. Ostensibly based on a true story, it is as hard to judge what is fictive and what is realistic in the same way that it is hard to judge the differences between Rescue Dawn and Little Dieter Wants To Fly.
It is no less good for that uncertainty. Indeed, in and among some gripping action sequences there are questions asked about war and its conduct, and those who conduct it. It extends to the title. Battle For Afghanistan, Leaving Afghanistan, and also Brotherhood. There's also three writing credits, father and son Pavel and Aleksandr Lungin, and then the author of the memoirs upon which this is based. Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov did spend time in.
It is no less good for that uncertainty. Indeed, in and among some gripping action sequences there are questions asked about war and its conduct, and those who conduct it. It extends to the title. Battle For Afghanistan, Leaving Afghanistan, and also Brotherhood. There's also three writing credits, father and son Pavel and Aleksandr Lungin, and then the author of the memoirs upon which this is based. Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov did spend time in.
- 8/9/2021
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
And here's the rest, including the Midnight Section, all after the break.
Encounters
This collection of engaging and entertaining narrative features and documentaries, a mixture of dark comedies and lighter fare, offers work from returning filmmakers, established talent, and popular subjects, and includes 10 World Premieres. Included in Encounters are performances from Academy Award®-nominated actors Thomas Haden Church, Melissa Leo, Elisabeth Shue; directorial debuts from both Eric Bana and Cheryl Hines (from a screenplay by Adrienne Shelly); stories ranging from an ill-fated man's discovery of inspiration and happiness, dysfunctional families, and unrequited high school crushes to a doc on the emergence of New York’s independent film scene.
• Blank City, directed by Celine Danhier. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. Celine Danhier’s kinetic doc mirrors the urgent, anything-goes energy of her subject: the Diy independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock in late ‘70s downtown New York.
Encounters
This collection of engaging and entertaining narrative features and documentaries, a mixture of dark comedies and lighter fare, offers work from returning filmmakers, established talent, and popular subjects, and includes 10 World Premieres. Included in Encounters are performances from Academy Award®-nominated actors Thomas Haden Church, Melissa Leo, Elisabeth Shue; directorial debuts from both Eric Bana and Cheryl Hines (from a screenplay by Adrienne Shelly); stories ranging from an ill-fated man's discovery of inspiration and happiness, dysfunctional families, and unrequited high school crushes to a doc on the emergence of New York’s independent film scene.
• Blank City, directed by Celine Danhier. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary. Celine Danhier’s kinetic doc mirrors the urgent, anything-goes energy of her subject: the Diy independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock in late ‘70s downtown New York.
- 3/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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