Movie of the Month (Mar '19): The Commissar (1967)

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Movie of the Month (Mar '19): The Commissar (1967)

Kull the Conqueror: Apr 8, 2006; Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong

Wow, great choice. I saw this in college and could never shake it. It's a hard rec to pull off (and oh lord, have I tried) but you're really laying it out well. It's got everything that's great about Soviet film: complex characters, room for both traditional drama and balls-to-the-wall experimentation, and an insane behind-the-scenes censorship story. The Russian Civil War is such a perfect setting for the story and it's unfortunate that because it's steeped in so much specific history/culture, it makes it largely impenetrable to a Western audience.

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