6 Recommended Eastern European/Russian Movies: Tracing the memories of ethnic groups and war, leading up to ``The Painted Bird''

Five. "T-34 Legend of War" (19) Russia Director: Alexei Sidorov

A war action-entertainment blockbuster that is stealing Hollywood's stock has arrived from Russia in 2019. Directed by Alexei Sidorov, it became a huge hit in its home country, with the second-highest box office revenue of all time. It was released in Japan in October 2019 and became a big hit, and the long version of the approximately 3-hour long version that was broadcast on TV in Russia was released in theaters in Japan in July of this year, ahead of the rest of the world, and has received enthusiastic support. It is also a work that continues.

As the German army approaches Moscow on the Eastern Front in 1941, Ivushkin, a novice Soviet officer, is assigned a T-34 tank and goes to the front for the first time, but is defeated by Yeager, an officer leading an enemy tank corps, and becomes a prisoner of war. In 1944, in order to train tank crews, Yeager came up with the idea of ​​using Soviet prisoners of war as enemies at a training range, and ordered Yvshkin to pilot the captured T-34. Despite the disadvantageous conditions of escaping in a T-34 with no shells, Ivushkin and the three POWs hid the six shells they found in the vehicle during maintenance, and on the day of the exercise they made a bold move to counterattack and escape with the tank. put the plan into action.

Tank movies, a sub-genre of war action, were originally based on elements such as the cool design of the tanks themselves, the not-too-fast drive speed, and team battles between a small number of soldiers, creating tension between tanks that resembles a duel in a Western movie. It's easy to depict a confrontation. Furthermore, `` T-34 Legend of War '' makes extensive use of slow motion and stop motion of the shells, reminiscent of bullet time in `` The matrix ,'' to create a powerful scene in which the momentary events of the shells penetrating the enemy's armor or being bounced back are captured. It brings out a new flavor with perfectly expressive images.

Learn more about "T-34": A masterpiece that incorporates all kinds of entertainment elements into a tank movie with a delicate sense of balance.

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