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“To be honest, I actually have no idea how I actually ended up watching this movie. Indeed, I watch tons of movies for some really lame reasons but, in this case, I seriously couldn’t remember why actually did record this movie about a year ago. I mean, it wasn’t a really critical success and it didn’t win any prestigious prize. Was it because of the title? My guess is because it was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov whose work I’m not familiar with but the guy seems to have a decent reputation. Anyway, this movie definitely had some potential but I still struggled to connect with the damned thing. You might think that it was a documentary but it was much more original than that. Indeed, in my opinion, it was some kind of collage combining so many things together. I mean, you had some v” read more
"E' un film sbilenco e imperfetto - nelle parti che vorrebberero essere umoristiche ma non solo - che però gode di momenti di bellezza assoluta (uno per tutti l'elogio del ritratto). In fondo, si tratta di un poema sul rapporto tra arte ed esseri umani visto attraverso il salvataggio delle opere conservate (comprese quelle rubate da Napoleone) in Francia e in special modo al Louvre sotto l'occupazione nazista. Perchè c'è sempre il rischio che il frutto dell'ispirazione artistica venga affondat"