Monday, January 12, 2009
Chapaev
I believe that this was a great historical film. It was clear that the sound in this film was a great beginning to film making and played a huge role in the entertainment world. Throughout the movie Chapaev displayed heroic characteristics while fighting in the Russian Civil War. It is obvious that the producers in the film focused much on keeping the audience constantly at the edge of their seats. Also, I believe that the romantic side of this movie balanced out the film perfectly, giving the audience a little time to calm down after the war scenes. It is made clear that Chapaev was greatly appreciated by the men around him because he was a strong fighter. I was confused when the movie showed the commander having someone who watched him when he was already a great fighter and a hero. I think he could have been upset when this took place as well. I was also confused when the village people came and thanked Chapaev. As each day goes on, the movies and the directors do a great job of keeping me interested more and more. I was surprised when I did research on this movie that 30 million people alone in the USSR watched this film within the first year it came out!
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Yes, the film was an absolute and unprecedented blockbuster (for the Soviet Union) when it first came out. And I have no doubt that the romantic scenes (along with the other off-the battle scenes between Chapaev and Furmanov, etc.) had as much to do with the film's success than did the battle scenes.
ReplyDeleteGenerals like Chapaev needed to be watched and observed closely (at least from the Soviet Communist Party's perspective) because they came from backgrounds that had given them virtually no understanding of politics and they were therefore absolutely unpredictable in that regard. To this extent Chapaev might be likened to a wild stallion that needed to be domesticated by the "horse-tamer" Furmanov. Perhaps it was because the average Soviet viewer sympathized with watching his reactions to being scolded that they came to identify with him so much.