Sunday, January 16, 2011
Burnt by the Sun
It was intriguing to watch a movie about the 1930s in the Soviet Union from a point of view that wasn’t forced with Socialist Realism. It was refreshing to see a more modern movie done by Russians. Throughout most of the film I was unsure what to think of Mitya. From the moment the camera lays eyes on him, I sense there is something evil about him but I couldn’t quite pinpoint it until the very end. There seemed to be tension between him and Kotov. It was apparent he had a romantic history with Kotov’s wife, Marusia. With all of this, I was trying to figure out where he fit in and what was his purpose there. Kotov and Chapaev are similar in how they both well respected leaders. They differ in how Kotov seems to know what’s going on politically where Chapaev is more naïve to the political situation, he seems more like a military leader than a political figure.
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Just out of curiosity--what were your ultimate conclusions regarding Mitya once you had taken in the entire film?
ReplyDeleteMy ultimate conclusion of Mitya was he was there on government business but that he seemed more concern about personal revenge than his actual duty.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you on your comparison between Kotov and Chapaev. It would have been interesting if the movie had delved more into what Kotov did during the Civil War to make him such a well known person in Russia.
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