Never heard of this, but it was interesting in a historical way...

Yeah, I see what you're saying, and I agree... the Russian Revolution, and its many and various shock waves, were felt around the world for literally decades... but those decades are now fading into the past, fading into an obscurity pasted over by more modern considerations of things such as global warming, the War on Terrorism, global economic rivalries, Dancing with the Stars, Paris Hilton, etc. etc. So I think that today's generation (barring those relatively few members who are up on Russian history and literature) will find this movie boring and largely meaningless. They'll have no intellectual grounding on which to fathom or judge it. The Cold War has come and gone, and I suppose it, and the Russian Revolution, merit only a footnote in today's shcool curricula.

It's too bad that all those people who toiled and/or died in Soviet gulags are now nothing more than "ghosts of history." But time marches on, and people forget. I can't help but recall how Hitler said something to the effect, Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?




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Inoft97 says > ...all I could think watching this was, they don't make 'em like that any more, and they never will again. Gorgeous actors, sets, costumes. This is such a piece of film history, just consider the subject matter! Would any young people go see a movie about the Russian Revolution? Would they even know what that WAS? Ancient history! This kind of film could never be made today.

A movie so steeped in history probably should be re-made. It would likely draw in new generations of viewers; those who are probably unfamiliar with this time in history. Unfortunately, the cost associated with making such a movie would likely be prohibitive. Modern filmmakers tend to focus a lot of attention on visual and special effects and actors would be chosen mostly on the basis of popularity rather than talent. Those things, while very costly, add very little, in my opinion, to the story being told.

If that movie was ever made, audiences would be dazzled by the look and the sound of it. They would be thrilled by the chase scenes. They'd marvel at the awesome stunts and blush during the explicitly sexual scenes. But, would the notice or understand the plot; probably not. In order to work in all those other components, the plot would be so watered down, so convoluted, or both it wouldn't make any sense. Sadly, most viewers would barely notice or care.


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