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100 Days Before the Command

Vladimir Zamanskiy (Actor), Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (Actor), Hussein Erkenov (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A timely meditation on the absurdity of war Feb 15 2003
By Grady Harp TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
At this moment in our history we need all the input about the multiple facets of the hideous War Machine that has an apparent strangle hold on every country on the planet. In this Russian meditation, 100 DAYS BEFORE THE COMMAND, we are shown the behind-locked-doors view of youth preparing to become soldiers and leaders of soldiers. On the surface the director's eye seems to be telling us that 'boot camp' for these VERY young appearing boys is no more than a summer camp experience. But then he gradually shows the darker, terrifying side of what preparing these innocents for war produces - suffering, self-doubt, death, alienating behaviour, dreams and nightmares. There is an incredible sense of innocence in the eyes of these youth, and a groping for comradery that lightly brushes on eroticism. The multiple nude scenes seem to be offending more people than the Russian censors, but they are some of the more tender and tangible scenes in this meandering film about questioning our place and mindsets in the propagation of war leaders. Of note, in this very Russian film, the music used in the background is all Bach - excerpts form the Passions, cantatas - instead of works by Russian composers. This adds another dimension to this apparent 'paean' for world peace. This film is not for everyone, especially not for those who still have difficulty with male nudity.........
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Behind the lines, life in the soviet military Jan 11 2001
Format:DVD
Enigmatic and at sometimes a surreal film about the day to day monotomy and futility of the lives of a group of conscript Russian soldiers. The film is stark and bare, the actors largely former recruits and the film style moves from dream sequences to fly on the wall documentary.

Its hardly surprising this film was banned in the then Soviet Union - its harsh and disturbing view of conscript life is unreservedly critical, the visual presentation is almost hauntingly homo-erotic at times and as such the film isn't going to be a hit with authorities trying to conscript youths to military service where military life is marked by its drabness, un-ending boredom and the use of humiliation and bullying.

The acting is naturalistic and realistic, the players gritty and real. The viewer is left in no doubt that national service behind the Iron Curtain was neither glamourous nor particularly pleasant.

Well worth a spin if your into foreign films and like a challenging film, not for those who like Top Gun or Stripes.

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horrid Sep 9 2008
By Book N Movie Buff TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
I've watched it twice - given it to friends who enjoy art films. None of us can understand this movie at all. It is pointless. Why is it that this film outraged Soviet authorities? There's nothing in it. You see more flesh in an Irish Spring soap commercial, and there is no story. I'm baffled - still. Save your money.
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