The Epic Film Challenge II
#45 – Earth {Zemlya} (1930)
Dir. Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Starring: Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva, Yelena Maksimova, Nikolai Nademsky
The forty-sixth installment of the Epic Film Challenge II, a hypnotic and interesting silent from Russia, simply titled Earth.
Recorded in July 2016.
Is it a film you must see before you die?
Luke: No, I appreciated some of the visual techniques and composition, but it ultimately didn’t make for a very satisfying experience.