tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post532194564176312855..comments2023-06-07T05:13:45.757-04:00Comments on News from the Caravan: Nomad Arrives on January 26 March 9?Nyurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326310916713763687noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-49904509471180323982007-04-10T21:33:00.000-04:002007-04-10T21:33:00.000-04:00Nyura,Unfortunately, the Kz movies were bought by ...Nyura,<BR/>Unfortunately, the Kz movies were bought by the french distributors only. So, you can either buy video in France or in Kz. No English subtitles though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-21950735700338173552007-04-09T12:37:00.000-04:002007-04-09T12:37:00.000-04:00Federico -- Welcome to the conversation! Not for ...Federico -- Welcome to the conversation! <BR/><BR/>Not for a minute do I think that <I>Nomad</I> is the best KZ has to offer, it's just the only one on the American cinema horizon.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, how do we see films by the directors you mentioned? I hear about film festivals in Europe with several Central Asian films spotlighted, but for a North American audience, these films are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-17857410612231814902007-04-06T22:51:00.000-04:002007-04-06T22:51:00.000-04:00You, 2 guys, have no idea how it works in Kazakhst...You, 2 guys, have no idea how it works in Kazakhstan about big historical movies. Money laundry, bribes, stealing. They were waiting for approving a budget of this movie for 5 years...<BR/>I'll tell you about this next, 2008, year.<BR/>And you have no idea how good other movies are. Nomad is a bullshit! Kazakhstan won awards in Cannes, Turin, Locarno, Berlin, Tokyo, Taormina, and many other Film Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-88329607276036439292007-02-27T09:07:00.000-05:002007-02-27T09:07:00.000-05:00Nyura, of course the scenery is nice. I don't mean...Nyura, of course the scenery is nice. I don't mean to be so mean to Nomad, but I just know that there's a way to have great Kazakh films that don't have to play to (or invent) some exclusive notion of Kazakhness.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen The Last Emperor, but I agree that this kind of "national" storyline is done better in the art-film genre. I'm thinking of Malick's The New World as an example a Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035102648893926284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-46903689202378931802007-02-25T21:16:00.000-05:002007-02-25T21:16:00.000-05:00Ian, I have to say that the more I hear about the ...Ian, I have to say that the more I hear about the finished product, the less attractive it sounds. Too bad, since it wasn't even an answer to Borat. Is the scenery good at least?<BR/><BR/>Question -- in your opinion, could the same novel have been successfully shot as an "art film," a la The Last Emperor, or other decent box office epic films from East Asia -- and gotten somewhere in the US? Nyurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326310916713763687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26202563.post-59350911425299895262007-02-25T13:47:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:47:00.000-05:00I hate to be a naysayer about a film that clearly ...I hate to be a naysayer about a film that clearly speaks to Kazakhs, but this is not going to survive a week outside of Central Asia. "Nomad" and its hype remind me of the Russian movie "The Barber of Siberia," also an Ibrahimbekov screenplay, which was heralded as Russia's entrance onto the world stage of high-budget, western-star-studded film. It was a dud, and mostly because it played to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com