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IiS-Fans: WHERE DO YOU COME FROM AND HOW OLD ARE YOU?

posted 15 years ago by haewatein
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Thought this thread would be very interesting for the worldwide Idi i Smotri Fan community. I myself also am pretty darn curious about the results.

The film isn't VERY well known but not total underground on the other hand so... I hope to get some answers. Maybe. ;-)

Please write down some information about you.

Where you are from (country / city if you want).
How old you are.
Your gender.

You can also add why you like the film or additional information you think others may find interesting.

So, here we go:

I'm from "Zwettl" (small town on the countryside, not very far away from Vienna), Austria,
24,
male

Come and See is definitely the best war film I know and at the same time it's also one of the most disturbing and intense films that I ever watched. It's quality will never vanish. THIS is a gem I won't find a second time in film history... thanks to all the makers of it!

Greetings from Austria and have fun, fellas!

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[–] cheepnis 15 years ago

Oregon, USA

33 year old male.

Great movie -- timeless and universal for sure. Does anyone know the story behind this movie being made? Was it big-budget? Soviet, Belorussian, independent?

[–] tlwilliams 15 years ago

brazil, 22

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[–] pifnut 15 years ago

It was a small budget Soviet film. Klimov had lived through the siege of Stalingrad during WWII and was influenced by that. He also spent time in Belarus learning about the massacres prior to beginning filming the movie.

My answer comes from the Wikipedia page on Klimov(I'm not quite sure how accurate it is, but some of the info on the page has references) and from the Guardian newspaper's obituary for Klimov(there's a link for it on the Wikipedia Klimov page, and it's definitely worth a read, especially the last paragraph where Klimov is quoted describing the siege. I included the links below

Elem Klimov's wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elem_Klimov

The Guardian obituary:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/nov/04/guardianobituaries.russia

[–] mac_alain 14 years ago

Does anyone know the story behind this movie being made?

Here you have the director talking about the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDrqk0qcg6g This is also included on the DVD as an "extra".

[–] poodles_and_noodles 15 years ago

-Montreal

-17 going on 18 in a month.

Nothing else quite like this film.

[–] abbys09 15 years ago

UK
21
Female

[–] Bry-2 15 years ago

US -- Baltimore MD currently but previously in FL, IL, NM, and CA
50
Male.

Not sure "fan" is the right expression: I deeply admire this film and recommend it to those I think would appreciate it, but I'm not a fan in the same way I am of Goodfellas or Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World!

--Jack, you have debauched my sloth!

[–] thereddishcolor 15 years ago

From: Chicago, IL
Age: 23
Gender : Gay male

I've seen a picture from this movie in a book on Cinema I was given as a Christmas gift back in 2000. For years I've been curious about it, and after subscribing recently to an online dvd rental service, I noticed it was available and decided it was time to give it a shot.

This really is an excellent movie, I'm very suprised it is not more well known.

[–] troylac 15 years ago

I`m from Ireland and I just turned 19.
This movie is a hard-hitting masterpiece.

[–] mrtomwaits 15 years ago

Im 34 From the UK (Close to London).

As someone with ties To Belarus (my wife is Belarusian), who has been there many times, stayed in countless villages very similar to those filmed and have family relatives that lived through experiences similar to this film, I find this film to be both emotinally heart wrenching, authentic and amazing.

My wifes relatives especially here granmother have some amazing heartbreaking stories of similar tragedys (scorched earth, bombings, shootings ect), breaks my heart but fascinating all the same.

[–] movie_music_fiend90 14 years ago

i am 18 and live in Michigan. Absolutely love this film.