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Brother
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov
Kino Video, 2007
Another kind of Soviet revolution
+ Brother
+ Brother
+ An interesting film.
+ Cool
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Alix Lambert's The Mark of Cain
variouis
Microcinema DVD, 2008
AMAZING
+ Stunning
+ Extremely well done documentary
+ a riveting education
+ good show
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The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse - Criterion Collection
Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd
Criterion, 2004
Another Lang masterwork!
+ Creepy, Engrossing Fritz Lang Classic
+ Testament of Dr. Mabuse
+ very impressive and well done
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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II
Danzig Baldaev
Fuel Publishing, 2006
Wow!
+ Imagine having your professional life story, including your misdeeds, tattooed on your body...
+ The real deal
+ Better then the first...
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Demons (Everyman's Library, 182)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everyman's Library, 2000
Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky
+ great
+ Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack
+ Not for casual reading...
+ Great Potential Never Realized: Too Diffuse and Too Fragmented.
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Winterreise
Luc Delahaye
Phaidon Press, 2003
one of a kind ... a masterpiece .
+ Chilling, yet important
+ initmate russians
+ a masterwork of personal journalism
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Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition
Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov
Fox Lorber, 2003
A magisterial tour de force historical journey!
+ Russian Ark--An Art Journey
+ A Glimpse of Russian Art, Culture and History
Marquis de Countese, a French diplomatic of XVII joins us in a mesmerizing and minimalist recount around the most emblematic passages of the Russian history.
Employing the Hermitage Museum as a huge stage, we will see since Catalina The Great to the Romanov Dynasty and the great Imperial ...
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Stalker: A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky
Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh
Kino Video, 2006
tarkovsky
+ No Word Exists to Describe This Movie
dvds are kind of a pain in the a-- (movie is split between 2 discs), but great movie. criterion needs to release this title.
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Black Earth: A Journey through Russia after the Fall
Andrew Meier, 2003
Intrepid, brave, intelligent
+ A Macabre Travel Poetry
+ Fascinating
+ Russia as it is
+ Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia
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Imperium
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Vintage, 1995
Sine qua non
+ Kapuscinski rulez!
+ Recommended
+ really great reading - gives limited insight
+ Perhaps history will never be told better
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Crime
Fuel Publishing, 2008
Crime touches all of us - and here are stories to back it up
+ The Truth always comes out...
+ Unique and Fascinating Look at Crime
+ The ABC's of CRIME (Affleck-Bratton-Cronenberg)
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Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism
Vadim Volkov
Cornell University Press, 2002
An excellent scholarly work
+ Scholarly, but accessible
+ Nice, but
+ A superb book
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Russian Prison Tattoos: Codes of Authority, Domination, and Struggle
Alix Lambert
Schiffer Publishing, 2003
Excellent resource
+ Russian Hell
+ excellent book
+ Russian Prison Tattoos: Codes of Authority, Domination, and Struggle
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Winterreise
Luc Delahaye
Phaidon Press, 2003
one of a kind ... a masterpiece .
+ Chilling, yet important
+ initmate russians
+ a masterwork of personal journalism
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Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition
Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov
Fox Lorber, 2003
A magisterial tour de force historical journey!
+ Russian Ark--An Art Journey
+ A Glimpse of Russian Art, Culture and History
Marquis de Countese, a French diplomatic of XVII joins us in a mesmerizing and minimalist recount around the most emblematic passages of the Russian history.
Employing the Hermitage Museum as a huge stage, we will see since Catalina The Great to the Romanov Dynasty and the great Imperial ...
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