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[freakyfreaky]

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In the U.S. at a film festival. I believe it played at a handful of film festivals worldwide in 2006 including some in the greater U.S.

Based on the film clips from Syriana, he looks like he is playing a fatter version of himself not a version of Baer who he is supposed to be portrarying but what the hell do I know I'm not in the Academy and thus have no business criticizing film or art or acting.

[TomServo]

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In the U.S. at a film festival. I believe it played at a handful of film festivals worldwide in 2006 including some in the greater U.S.

Damn.

Based on the film clips from Syriana, he looks like he is playing a fatter version of himself not a version of Baer who he is supposed to be portrarying but what the hell do I know I'm not in the Academy and thus have no business criticizing film or art or acting.

You don't have to be a member of the Academy to criticize a film.

Most of the Academy members wouldn't know a good film if it phucked them gently with a chainsaw. Like that piece of shyt Oprah Winfrey.

[freakyfreaky]

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Ara may like this video by Khachatryan. http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/242129/moviemain.jhtml

He was at the Golden Apricot Awards in 06. http://www.gaiff.am/imagestore/1/365/15.06.06-15.jpg

Rotterdam Film Festival 2006. http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com...f-2a3f44c2a269

Durban FF 2006. http://www.ukzn.ac.za/cca/DIFF_2006DOCS.htm

Tiburon FF 2006. http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/f...p?film_id=3222

Karlovy Vary FF 2006 http://www.kviff.com/en/brief-festival-history/
(Note: There is a trailer of the Poet movie on this page)

Tblisi FF 06. http://www.tbilisifilmfestival.ge/in...lms&sections=1

Torun FF 06. http://www.festivaltoffi.pl/index.ph...id=172&lang=en

Melbourne FF 06 http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com...ocumentary.pdf

Arsenals 06. http://2006.arsenals.lv/index-eng.php?p=3&id=249

Innsbruck FF 06. http://www.iffi.at/content/?Presse-Info:Presse-Fotos

The above list is not exhaustive.

[TomServo]

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Ara may like this video by Khachatryan. http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/242129/moviemain.jhtml

It says he is a Georgian filmmaker, even though he is based in Armenia, ethnically Armenian, and an Armenian citizen.

A film critic also labeled Melikyan as Azerbaijani a few weeks ago.

[freakyfreaky]

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He's come a long way since those first few seasons of ER and the terrible Batman & Robin.

Yeah, the rumor is that back then they had to feed him lines off of a cue card because he was either too stubborn or too dumb to learn them. Now, he can't even read off of a teleprompter.

[Siamanto]

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1. Ostrov

This is a must see.

I liked "Ostrov," but I liked better "Izgnanie" by Andrei Zvyagintsev.
The screenplay, based on a book by Saroyan, is credited to "Artem Melkumian;" the music is by Arvo Part - probably, my favorite composer of Contemporary Classical Music.

[TomServo]

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"Izgnanie" by Andrei Zvyagintsev.

I plan on seeing it, but want to see The Return first. It's pn my Netflix queue.

[MrHyeSev]

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2 Weeks ago, I went to Target, & got a bunch of my favorite movies:

The Pursuit of Happyness
Friday, Next Friday, & Friday After Next
Disturbia
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Goonies

I can watch all these movies over & over again & I'll never get bored of them.
I give all these movies 5/5.

[crusader1492]

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2 Weeks ago, I went to Target, & got a bunch of my favorite movies:

The Pursuit of Happyness
Friday, Next Friday, & Friday After Next
Disturbia
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Goonies

I can watch all these movies over & over again & I'll never get bored of them.
I give all these movies 5/5.

Are you MrLeftyHye?

[Yeznik]

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Ostrov






I truly enjoyed this movie due to an authentic interpretation of orthodoxy. Most movies that try to depict orthodoxy or Christianity in general tend to make Christianity as either something contemptible or too supernatural. This movie is extremely rich with orthodoxy from the hymns and prayers to the characters to the beautiful and eloquent storyline. This story contains the persona of the Holy Desert Fathers, The Philokalia, Theophan the Recluse, Ignatius Brianchaninov, and the central character who is a Startsy or in Russian – стáрец - , the story is also very rich in its reflections of Russian Orthodoxy.

Here is an explanation of the personality of main character:

A starets (стáрец) is an elder of a Russian Orthodox monastery who functions as venerated adviser and teacher. Startsy are charismatic spiritual leaders whose wisdom stems from intuition rather than experience. It is believed that through ascetic struggle and prayer (Hesychasm), and the leading of a virtuous life, the Holy Spirit bestows special gifts onto the starets including the ability to heal, prophesy, and most importantly, give effective spiritual guidance and direction. Startsy are looked upon as being an inspiration to believers and an example of saintly virtue, steadfast faith, and spiritual peace.
Startsy are not appointed by any authority; they are simply recognized by the faithful as being people "of the Spirit". A starets, when not in prayer or in voluntary seclusion, receives visitors (some who travel very far) and spends time conversing with them, offering a blessing (if the starets is an ordained cleric) and confession, and praying. People often petition the starets for intercessionary prayers, believing that the prayer of a starets is particularly effective.
Personal confessions to startsy are encouraged, although not all of them are formally ordained to priesthood. Many of them have a reputation amidst believers of being able to know the secrets of a person's heart without having ever previously met the visitor, and having the ability to discern God's plan for a person's life. This, as all of the startsy's gifts, is believed to come from the Holy Spirit acting through the starets.
The institution may be traced to the beginnings of Christian monasticism in the 4th century. The original Greek term geron (meaning "elder", as in gerontology) was rendered by the Russian word "starets", derived from the Slavic adjective for "old". Sergius of Radonezh and Nil Sorsky were two most venerated startsy of Old Muscovy. The revival of staretsdom is associated with the name of Paisius Velichkovsky (1722-94), who produced the Russian translation of the Philokalia. The most famous starets of the early 19th century was Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833), who went on to become one of the most revered Orthodox saints.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starets

Now that being said I would consider this movie a masterpiece in its rendition of Russian Orthodoxy. Basically, the movie is designed to be spiritually driven and for people who are not familiar with orthodoxy and the writings I stated above, they would miss the deep meaning and rendition of the movie. The only drawback is for the non-Russian speaking audience since the movie is only subtitled in English.