Though it makes use of a number of classical pieces, the film’s main “score” makes use of the sound of a droning plane (I always assumed it was a reference to that ever-present threat hanging over the film’s protagonist) and it’s mixed at various levels, depending on what’s appropriate at the moment, and it can pack an incredible punch at times. Those are truly terrifying words, and they certainly ring true throughout this tragic, yet poetic movie that's full of unimaginable chaos and beautiful magic realism. The release also arrives with a 30-page illustrated booklet featuring essays by critics Mark Le Fanu and Valzhyna Mort, as well as technical credits.

Without betraying the real—by, in fact, remaining more faithful to it than most fictional remembrances of WWI have been— Come and See suggests that the war’s horrors were the ultimate unassimilable experience of the shadowy depths of the human mind. The only other release of Come and See that I have in my library is this two-disc DVD set from Nouveaux Pictures, which for a long period of time offered the best technical presentation of the film. Eager to participate alongside the unit of considerably more weathered men, Flyora feels emasculated when he’s forced to remain behind in the partisans’ forest encampment with Glasha (Olga Mironova), a local girl implicitly attached to the militia unit because she’s sleeping with its commander, Kosach (Liubomiras Laucevicius).Sadly, Roger Deakins is right to point out that these types of powerful authentic films can no longer be made because with the evolution of digital technology something special has been lost. To be clear, there are some absolutely unforgettable visuals, like the mass burning of the villagers, and they look very authentic). That being said, Elem Klimov mixes some surreal and magical imagery throughout the dust and fog that gives way to hope and destruction as this young boy is forced to witness the murder of his people, devastation and rape on a consistent basis. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution from the 35mm original camera negative at Mosfilm.

And yet, in a crucial sense, there’s hardly a more clear-sighted or realistic fiction film about World War II. He also talks about working with the cast and crew and some of the hardships of this practical film. Wider shots of the trees in the forest and military uniforms all show the necessary textures in all lighting conditions. It is set almost entirely from a single perspective, the young Flyora, played by a wildly talented Aleksei Kravchenko; I appreciate the raw, grainy documentary approach and personal story conveyed here. These films have spanned multiple decades and genres that try and tell part of a massive story and war that happened not too long ago across the globe.Fine object-detail really dives off of the screen in every shot, from fine hairs and wrinkles found in the numerous close-ups throughout the film, to the trees, vegetation, and debris presented in longer shots. As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in what is now known as Belarus, teenage Flyora (Alexei Kravchenko, in a searing depiction of anguish) eagerly joins the Soviet resistance.

Internal List of Criterion Titles List of Licensors Calendar Blu-ray and DVD Region Map External Fan Sites The Criterion Cast Criterion Contraption Specialty Labels The Criterion Collection Arrow (UK) Arrow (US) Indicator Masters of Cinema British Film Institute (BFI) Second Run Anti-Worlds Shout Factory! Background score: Score is more about sound effects while using basic instruments such as the harmonica. A band of partisans arrive too late to save the village but in time to capture and mete out justice to several of the Nazi officers. Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles. The close-ups on the protagonist throughout the film are especially something, as it becomes far clearer how his face is aging as the film progresses.Criterion gave this a new 1080p HD transfer with its original mono soundtrack and tons of new and vintage extras. Flyora and other resistance fighters must in someway envy the dead as it puts to rest the harmful world around them, even so much that they try and bury their head in mud to drown the noise out.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Nearly blocked from being made by Soviet censors, who took seven years to approve its script, Come and See is perhaps the most visceral, impossible-to-forget antiwar film ever made.

Florya and Glasha eventually separate, Flyora joining the surviving men to scour the countryside for food, only to find himself the survivor of a series of atrocities perpetrated by the Germans. Criterion's Solaris Blu-ray removed a blue tint while their edition of Stalker made a sepia tint more prominent.