A very heterogeneous impression remained from watching the film “Noble Nest”. I will express my dissatisfaction with the fact that in his film the plot is secondary. No connection, intrigue, climax is not felt. Moreover, the screening of the film is so strange that the logical connection between the fragments is lost. It seemed to
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A very heterogeneous impression remained from watching the film “Noble Nest”. I will express my dissatisfaction with the fact that in his film the plot is secondary. No connection, intrigue, climax is not felt. Moreover, the screening of the film is so strange that the logical connection between the fragments is lost. It seemed to me that without a good knowledge of the literary source it is very difficult to understand what is happening. What is the nerve, why the hero makes a crazy purchase of a horse, and the heroine is going to a monastery – guess for yourself. I actually do not like Russian classical literature for this - writers all strive to disassemble the characters into neurons, but the plots are lame, intrigue, “nerve” is not enough (I foresee stones in my garden, but this is my firm opinion). Well, here in the film adaptation, many significant details are also thrown out, that “guess for yourself” is the motto of this film. However, I just started with criticism, but on the whole I have a very satisfactory 7/10 assessment of Konchalovsky’s creation. This, of course, contributes to the beauty of filming. Stunning landscapes of Russian nature and estates, beautiful costumes, complemented by melodic classical music and birds chirping - everything looks great. And the nineteenth milestone smells, and noble estates. The director gets more excited about shots like when the hero collects water lilies under the chirping of nightingales than he seeks to develop the plot. And the sound series is tuned so that the music, the noise of nature and the chirping of birds overshadow the voices of people. I don’t know if it’s intentional, or if I’ve come across it, but I’ve interpreted it in such a way that it’s a beautiful form and the content is secondary. In general, despite the fact that 1h45m I did not break away from the screen, after the end I had to read a summary of Turgenev’s work. But to say that all the time the film I suffered, too, can not. Still, the beauty of what is happening and attempts to figure out why everything is like this, brought pleasure from watching – it was not boring.
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