When a television movie is made, I think there should be a clear idea of what kind of television it’s made for, what channel it’s made for, and what audience. As for the 1997 film Dandelion Wine, it is very difficult to determine. It is absolutely certain that this is not a film for children (although the main characters are children
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When a television movie is made, I think there should be a clear idea of what kind of television it’s made for, what channel it’s made for, and what audience. As for the 1997 film Dandelion Wine, it is very difficult to determine. It is absolutely certain that this is not a film for children (although the main characters are children and seemingly all the signs of a children's film are obvious), the child simply will not be able to look out for half of the series. There is absolutely no action, very little dialogue - a solid soundtrack and movie tricks with flying bodies and other low-budget effects. The genre of “dandelion wine” is not even fiction, but phantasmagoria. I can’t say that everything is so bad, probably the film conveys the atmosphere of the American storyteller Bradbury (I haven’t read the story, but I can imagine its mood) – leisurely, incomprehensible, semi-real, as if from a dream. Sometimes very touching (this is mainly in the series with Colonel Smoktunovsky, for whom it was the last role in the movie). In search of meaning, a child, if he wants to watch a movie, will probably get lost. Dandelion Wine is probably only suitable for one channel - Culture, where it can be appreciated by the aesthetes of art houses and the festival genre. Another interesting observation - the film was created in 1997, when, of course, Russian cinema was not up to fat, and even festival and children's films to shoot was not at all hands, so the creators thank you for trying. And the creator was a certain studio "Gamayun" in the asset of which ... this film remained the only one. Summary: I do not rule out that this film has its own viewer, and someone may even call it a masterpiece. But I'm no more than a three. I'm sorry I only managed 2 episodes out of 4.
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