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Anyone seen "Night watch"? It's in theaters now, and is a very good Russian Sci-Fi / Fantasy movie ("Lord of the Rings" meets "Prophecy"). It's been out on DVD for some time, but since Fox bought all American distribution rights, they have mandated to stop making NTSC formatted dvds of it. The disk has been slowly disappearing from even Russian stores in America. And Fox kept postponing the release until limited release on friday, while sequel "Day Watch" is already out in Russia. Both installments beat American movies in Russia. And the studio is insisting on filming the 3rd part in English. Ain't US movie studios wonderful :rolleyes:

Is anyone interested in talking about Russian Cinema in general?
If you are, which Russian movies have you seen, liked?
My favorites:
Sci-Fi: Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza, Night Watch,
Professor Dowell's Testament, Amphibian Man, Wizards

War: Alexander Nevsky, Ballad of a Soldier,
Prisoner of the Mountains, Father of The Soldier,
100 Days Before The Command, At Dawns it's Quiet Here

Action: White Sun of the Desert, Elusive Avengers

Mystery: Ten Little Indians, Meeting place can’t be changed

Horror: Viy or Spirit of Evil

comedies: Ordinary miracle, Formula of Love,
Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures
The Diamond Arm, Ivan Vasilievich changes his occupation,
The Very Same Munhgauzen, Kin-Dza-Dza, Twelve Chairs,
Pokrov Gates, Gentlemen of luck,
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures,
Hello, I am your aunt!

dramas:
Solaris, Moscow does not Belive in Tears, The Mirror,
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among his own
The Star of Fascinating Happiness, A Cruel Romance,
Prisoner of the Mountains, The Thief, The Lover

Romance: Ordinary miracle, Irony of fate or with light steam!,
A Railway Station for Two, Moscow does not Belive in Tears,
Business romance, I am Walking Along Moscow, Truffaldino from Bergamo

History: Andrei Rublev, The Battleship Potemkin,
War and Peace, Ivan the Terrible, October, Russian Ark,
Strike, Cold Summer of 1953, Tchaikovsky