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The Hymns of Muscovy( 2018)

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The film is a trip to the planet Muscovy - an upside-down twin city of Moscow in space. As the title of the work suggests, the journey also takes us back in time. Gliding over the surface of the planet, we look down and see historic architectural styles fly by - the exuberant Socialist Classicism, aka Stalinist Empire, the austere and brutish Soviet Modernism, and the hodgepodge of contemporary knock-offs and revivals of the styles of the past. An essential companion to this journey through time and space are Hymnic Variations on the Soviet anthem.

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    A review by Dimitri_Venkov

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    Written by Dimitri_Venkov on Mon Jun 12 2023
    Dimitri Venkov Introduces His Film "The Hymns of Muscovy" on Mubi There are good reasons why images of buildings aren’t as impressive as real life buildings. Quite obviously the volume, the scale, the materiality are missing in pictures. Real life architecture has always provided me with a powerful emotional and tactile experience, yet in an image, no matter still or moving, it loses most of its punch—it no longer makes my head spin nor gives me butterflies in my stomach. I rarely concentrate on architecture in films. Actually, most directors don’t want me to: architecture is a backdrop for ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10000.00

    Revenue

    70000.00

    Keywords

    • avant-garde