Circus, what is there to say about this movie? I actually really enjoyed this movie, even if at times I was just like "..........no way." There was a lot of diegetic music in this movie, almost to the point where it felt like there was not any non-diegetic music. I noticed that there was a cross in Marion's make-up box, and that she also did the sign of the cross before her performance. I found that very interesting, since religion was pretty much non-existent within the USSR.
As for the characters, everyone seems to be emotionally...easy. People get very upset over things, but can calm down with a single sentence? At one point it seems that Ivan is super upset at Marion, but with one sentence becomes like a kid in a candy store. Also, why does everyone feel the right to pass around Marion's child like he is a really cool book? I've heard the phrase "It takes a village to raise a child." but it is just really really ridiculous.
I could feel the Soviet influences in this movie. The biggest parts that stuck out to me both came from the end of the movie. The Soviet pride parade at the end was my biggest indication. The other one I noticed, and I thought was much cooler, was the last song that Marion sung. The song was something about the winds of change in October, obviously a reference to the October Revolution.
And remember, in Soviet Russia, we accept everyone, even purple with flowers!
Yes, it doesn't take much to turn Petrovich from a sulking and bitter ex-lover...into a horse-hopping maniac, does it? I agree with you that the characters in this film are often quite "emotionally easy" (good way to put it).
ReplyDeleteNotice that the crucifix are hidden in that box--it's something that she wouldn't have dared to have displayed openly or it would have been confiscated...and Christianity is something that she practices in this film only until she is "enlightened" by the spirit of Soviet Communism.