MovieChat Forums > Krasnaya palatka (1969) Discussion > time passes quite fast in this movie.

time passes quite fast in this movie.


13 days ... hups: take it. now lets go and kill an this icebear.

but no, really, the movie itself seems to be a 'put-it-togehter-in-a-way-that-works-somehow' ...

all the scenes seem to be loose, things are happening just because, everything feels unconnected. nothing is moving, everything is jumping.

they found the dog, and then what? talking to the mother after horserace (who is she?) ...
loose spikes in/out of time. everything seems to be without consequences, just happening.
and yes, life is like that.

a question of sloppy editing? (the scenes for themselves are great, very good motives, good performances)
or the screenplay had no need for having the people talk/listening to each other
or maybe all this even intentional ...
or i didn't have the required attention span ...

I wonder how this movie was received when in came out ...

but wait; I am writing along with watching the movie; and it just happens now that Sean Connery shows up. And he really has a conversation with Cardinale that takes longer then 20 seconds, sitting in front of the organ between the stuffed pinguin and icebear, playing, this could pump some blood into the story.

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With all due respect... you say words to the effect that you have a hard time following the story and wonder if it is poorly edited, or otherwise in a quite broad minded display of fairness you pose the possibility that perhaps you may lack the required attention span, and yet in the last sentence you admit that you are writing this very review simultaneously to watching the movie!

This is not by any means the only example on these IMDB pages, of a relatively new phenomenon whereby some people do not seem able to sit through a movie without hauling out some personal electronic device they carry and communicating with acquaintances, checking their email or social websites, or using reference sources like IMDB in a sort of interactive role to the movie experience and at the same time believing that despite their divided attention, they are 'watching' the movie.
I've read plenty of posts on this site in which the writer glibly informs the reader in his post that he/she is watching the movie 'right now'!

That just doesn't work. You miss things. That's why people have car accidents while using their cell phones, they missed something important that was happening, that they should not have missed.

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That was a really harsh reply. I don't think it's quite fair, to be honest.

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This is not by any means the only example on these IMDB pages, of a relatively new phenomenon whereby some people do not seem able to sit through a movie without hauling out some personal electronic device they carry and communicating with acquaintances, checking their email or social websites, or using reference sources like IMDB in a sort of interactive role to the movie experience and at the same time believing that despite their divided attention, they are 'watching' the movie.
I've read plenty of posts on this site in which the writer glibly informs the reader in his post that he/she is watching the movie 'right now'!

That just doesn't work. You miss things. That's why people have car accidents while using their cell phones, they missed something important that was happening, that they should not have missed.

*applause* We're dealing with Generation Narcissist. People that think the world wants to hear their every insight about a movie that they haven't even watched.

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I think you're right. But remember that the story is being told as recollections of Nobile in his almost-dreaming state. The passage of time in dreams and distant memories is very different than in real-time.

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There's nothing to indicate the original poster is inattentive or stuck on their phone. They just might be not used to this story-telling style - the story told by jumping around memories, as they're discussed by imagined characters, or ghosts.

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No -- nothing beyond the original poster's mention of writing that post while watching the film. Which, by my standards, sharply reduces the merit of criticisms.

Most great films deserve a more appreciative audience than they get.

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I don't think the criticisms of the poster are valid either. They don't really indicate anything about the film, beyond it not being that poster's cup of tea. I love the film.

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