Photo: scene from War and Peace by Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace movie in digitized and restored form will be shown at the largest cultural center of New York. Four series of the film will be shown on different days. The movie, which was highly appreciated by Western film critics, will be shown at the initiative of the United States Film Society, The New York Times reports.
The newspaper says that Bondarchuk's movie is considered the greatest masterpiece and classic of world cinema in the US. It quotes Professor of the University of Vermont Denise Youngblood, who has devoted a book to War and Peace movie. She called Bondarchuk's film “the Soviet epic” and one of the landmark works of Soviet cinema.
Describing the film's creation history The New York Times admits that it is quasi impossible to make something like War and Peace, including the technical aspect as well. The journalist said that there were "thousands of military personnel of the Soviet army," the latest equipment and museum exhibits at the disposal of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Photo: scene from War and Peace by Sergei Bondarchuk
The New York Times notes that in the restored version of War and Peace, its merits stand out even more, and the picture must be watched on big screen.
The 4-episode epic of Bondachuk appeared on screens from 1965 to 1967, the shooting began in 1961. War and Peace is one of the most high-budget pictures of Soviet cinema. It was awarded the Oscar and Golden Globe Awards in 1969.
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