Diary entries forThe Cranes Are Flying
The Cranes Are Flying
i hate war
The Cranes Are Flying
Visually stunning and a true story of love and regret. A timeless masterpiece which makes you think of the good times in your own life, and what in life is truly valuable. The lead actress is fantastic, she makes this as good as it is. A beautiful film.
The Cranes Are Flying
“That’s what love is, my dear; a harmless mental illness.”
The Cranes Are Flying
You have to admit, the story is passable but the visual 🥰
The Cranes Are Flying
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The Cranes Are Flying
i didn't know i needed post stalinist soviet cinema and oh what a film man! stop what you’re doing and watch ‘the cranes are flying’ right now. film craft at it's finest. artists like mikhail kalatozov and sergei urusevsky can rattle you awake from the slumber of ordinary films. a technical mastery of the black and white medium. the film’s near avant-garde stylings on such a massive scale make an already heart stabbing story all the more powerful. the subtle but sharp contrasts and the dreary framing captures this feeling of dread and oppression. the agony depicted in this film is sisyphian. nothing goes right, but it can always go more wrong and the shots in this film show that visually and structurally as well as narratively. it feels like we are always looking just a little bit down on our characters, like guardian angels to a nightmare. for a film that’s only 96 minutes long, there’s a lot of depictions of very routine things and yet it feels packed with emotional moments. there are these little scenes, of people talking about curtains, or the factory that would normally feel a little mundane in another film but in this one, they all feel like gut punches. a lot of working, lots of sad family moments, shots that hold and crystallize emotions. it’s a candid depiction of daily life and the nuance and depth of human emotion. tatiana samoilova performance is haunting and deeply affectionate. there’s a sense of helplessness that kalatozov captures so well in her. the same sense of helplessness that we remember, being loved and dreaming of love.
The Cranes Are Flying
A Soviet war masterpiece that had me drooling at its cinematography—instances where the camera moves at a wicked pace while it follows someone moving fast or slow, creating an amplitude of emotion within the two leads at the center of its potent love story. By the end, The Cranes Are Flying had me weeping, even if what would happen could be seen from a mile away, but still, there were glimmers of hope that I weirdly held onto throughout.
The Cranes Are Flying
Physical Media #6 THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957) dir. Mikhail Kalatozov Having heard so much praise aboutMikhail Kalatozov’sThe Cranes Are Flying, it would be a lie if I said I didn’t have high expectations. Thankfully, they were met and beyond. This is my first trip into Kalatozov’s body of work and it would not be mad to say it has left quite the impression on me. One of the most important aspects of the story is the sublime use of the camera by Sergey Urusevskiy’s. The way he moves the camera through crowds or when someone is filled with a passionate drive is masterful. This Soviet era romance follows two lovestruck admirers, Boris (Aleksey Batalov) and Veronika (Tatyana Samoylova), as they are thrust into wartime. Boris joins the fight leaving Veronika with the uncertainty of his return. I don’t want to go into much detail as I believe the story is brilliantly told. The narrative goes in directions I did not expect it to go. Talk about subverting my expectations. Bittersweet, powerful, and incredibly moving. The Cranes Are Flying is a heartbreaking story of the effects of war.
