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There is some stunningly eerie footage of snowscapes and icebergs, but Mikhail Kalatozov directs his dramatic scenes in the overripe style of the worst pseudoepic Russian film making. The Red Tent (so titled for the makeshift shelter in which the survivors took refuge) at no time does justice to the drama of the subject. Finch and his crew are continually threatened by starvation and frostbite, but sheer boredom somehow seems a more likely fate...
...Cranes are Flying describes the shattering effect of war in highly personal terms. Director Mikhail Kalatozov presents us with a young couple deeply in love. There is no making-out on the screen, Boris and Veronica exchange no profound glances of desire; in fact there are no cinematic cliches which we are supposed to translate as meaning Love. But there is an affection between these people that is simply expressed, and simple to comprehend. And then there is war, and Boris is a volunteer...
This presents a great opportunity for a glorification of the Soviet cause, but Kalatozov does not succumb. Instead, when the girls from the factory committee wave goodbye to Boris with promises to fulfill and overfulfill their production quotas, they are gently told to come off it. The film also reveals bribery and corruption in Soviet society with an extremely welcome frankness...
...Cranes Are Flying (Russian). An engaging love story is lifted high by the wild, fast-moving techniques of Director Mikhail Kalatozov, who seems blissfully released from "socialist realism...
...Cranes Are Flying (Russian). In a movie that is both wild and brilliant, Director Mikhail Kalatozov catapults an ordinary love story into flight...