Reading Book of Blockade (2009)

Original title

Читаем блокадную книгу

Directed by

Alexander Sokurov

Genre

documentary film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

0+

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary shows people reading from a book that collects firsthand accounts of the Siege of Leningrad. The film focuses on the act of reading these memories aloud.

somberreflectiveslow-pacedhistoricalintimatesoberingmeditativequiet

What happens

Lisons Le Livre du blocus (en russe : Читаем Блокадную книгу) est un documentaire télévisé du réalisateur Alexandre Sokourov, basé sur une chronique réalisée par les deux co-auteurs Daniil Granine et Alès Adamovitch. En septembre 2009, une projection de ce documentaire hors compétition a eu lieu à la 66e Mostra de Venise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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