Word: arkã
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Sokurov, though he insists upon the modest nature of his project, clearly intends his film to function on the level of national myth, international wonder, and cinematic miracle. He casts The Hermitage as the biblical “ark?? in which the filmmaker travels through time, history and heritage...
...Russian Ark??s relation to history is even more complicated than it seems, however. While intended as a celebration of Russian history—and perhaps, a means of mythologizing the “accident” of Communism—the Russian Ark is a slap-in-the-face to an icon of Russian film theory...