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Best and Most Important Film I Saw at 2007 Sundance Film Fest

posted 17 years ago by Anideos
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Khadak is easily the best and most important film I saw at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It deseves sincere praise for its artistry, vision and power as it will surely be discussed by those who "get it" along side the works of Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Werner Herzog.

At the Q&A co-director Jessica Woodworth said that not a single member of the press had contacted her for an interview and the film still needs to find a distributor (buyer). What a shame for such a great film to be invisible. I hope that this beautifully moving and purely cinematic film will find the large audience it deserves and needs.

[–] Anideos 17 years ago

Anyone? Your thoughts?

[–] mina_chakmack 17 years ago

I saw this film at Istanbul Film Festival this spring. It was really amazing. The social ciritics about modernizing Mongolia aside I like the surreal atmosphere a lot. It really that you into middle Asia myths. The music was also very inspiring and critical. I stil think that the visual techniques are a little exaggerated. But the story was very good portrayed even though the directors are european.

[–] palingenesis-2 16 years ago

This was my favorite film at Sundance as well, hands down. I found it absolutely breathtaking - (I'm a real sucker for good cinematography) and the portrayal of Mongolian nomadic culture is really fantastic. Maybe Bosens's and Woodworth's backgrounds in documentary helped with that? I was at a Q&A also where Woodworth stated that they had not yet been approached by anyone for distribution, and was frankly shocked. (Maybe we were at the same screening?) Of course, it's not the standard "Friday night movie" you'd expect to find on a channel like HBO... but damn it, it's great cinema! I'm so glad other people agree.

[–] dispet 17 years ago

i saw this at the melbourne international film festival. picked at random, i was completely amazed by what i saw, and felt so fortunate that i was given the oppurtunity. i so hope it will see release soon, i would happyily purchase copies for all my friends and make sure as many people as possible see it.

[–] glorybox_21 16 years ago

I totally loved the movie! It took my breath away. I am also dying to see it again. I contacted Peter Brosens and got a response that the movie can be bought on this site: http://www.contactfilm.nl/
I hope people who don't life in Europe also can order from that site!