[15] Aleksei Kravchenko said that he underwent "the most debilitating fatigue and hunger. No one would ever make the mistake of saying that about Elem Klimov's "Come and See." [11] "I realized I had to inject him with content which he did not possess," "This is an age when a boy does not know what true hatred is, what true love is." The director has elicited an excellent performance from his central actor Kravchenko". Welcome everybody, here we invite All to Come and See through Facebook. Theological Point: Philip’s words to Nathanael, “Come and see,” are a wonderful model for us in learning how to share our Christian faith with others and invite them into the experience of faith. The Samaritan woman at the well invited others in her town to "come and see the man who told me everything I have done" in 4:29. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The bit of actual death-camp corpse footage that Klimov uses is doubly disturbing in that it retrospectively diminishes the care with which he orchestrates the town's destruction. The only change became the name of the film itself, which was changed to Come and See from the original title, Kill Hitler[15][11] (Elem Klimov also says this in the 2006 UK DVD release). Share to Pinterest. Philip invited Nathaniel to meet Jesus with the phrase "come and see" in 1:45. '"Pedlars"')[22] are played in the movie once. As effectively anti-war as movies can be, Come and See is a harrowing odyssey through the worst that humanity is capable of, directed with bravura intensity by Elem Klimov. “Come and See” is about what happens when a young man’s coming-of-age merges with the coming of war. He could have landed in an insane asylum," Mr. Klimov said. 3 talking about this. [31][32][33], In 2001 the film was released on DVD in the United States by Kino Lorber. There's no catharsis (this is not Schindler's List! After recovering his jacket and rifle, Flyora comes across the young woman who had also escaped the church in a fugue state and covered in blood after having been gang-raped and brutalized. 40 Andrew was one of those two followers of John who heard John … Share to Reddit. "[48] British magazine The Word wrote that "Come and See is widely regarded as the finest war film ever made, though possibly not by Great Escape fans. You will see how. [citation needed] During the scene where Glasha dances, the background music is some fragments of Mary Dixon's song from Grigori Aleksandrov's 1936 film Circus. [50] John 1:39 - To the one who is Seeking, Jesus gave His Permission to COME & SEE . View production, box office, & company info. The first thing Andrew did then was to find his brother Simon. What was important was that all the events depicted in the film really did happen in Belarus. Could they have had any idea what that would mean? Flyora sees the village elder, badly burnt by the Germans, who tells him that he witnessed his family's execution and that he should not have dug up the rifles. In 2006, Geoffrey Macnab of Sight & Sound wrote: "Klimov's astonishing war movie combines intense lyricism with the kind of violent bloodletting that would make even Sam Peckinpah pause". Talking about our faith is often difficult. I kept a most severe diet, and after the filming was over I returned to school not only thin, but grey-haired. They know about Katyn, about the massacre of the Polish officers there. Come and see what God is up to in the world, the change that God makes possible. [30], Initial reception was positive. When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. "Come And See" is a difficult, violent and surprisingly poetic movie, compared to which even classics like "Saving Private Ryan" (Spielberg payed a homage to this movie on SPR's beginning) or "The Thin Red Line" seems just artificial. Even though more than 600 villages were burned there! You will see greater things than these. [62], At a few key points in the film classical music from mainly German or Austrian composers are used, such as, The same biblical quote is at the center of the film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "Atrocity exhibition: is Come and See Russia's greatest ever war film? I told this to my screenplay coauthor, the writer Ales Adamovich. It was an invitation into an intriguing relationship and what a relationship it would be! The film opens with a farmboy, Florya, playing among the … [44], The film has since been widely acclaimed in the 21st century. The time was about four o’clock in the afternoon. The gospel writer used the invitation "come and see" in other contexts of evangelization. I had been reading and rereading the book I Am from the Fiery Village, which consisted of the first-hand accounts of people who miraculously survived the horrors of the fascist genocide in Belorussia. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. Each team member will have to run to the cookie table and completely chew up one mini bite cookie and run back to the team. When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity. Read Bible online", "Biennale Cinema 2017 | Official Awards of the 74th Venice Film Festival", "Come And See (Idi I Smotri) - English subtitled - Lumière Cinema Maastricht", "New Restoration of Elem Klimov's Come and See Wins Best Restored Film Award at Venice Classics", "Click to see the full poster for our new restoration of COME AND SEE! Every last one of them. Come and see the new pathways that God is opening. [citation needed], At the end of the film, the partisans walk through a winter woodland to the sound of Mozart's Lacrimosa before the camera tilts towards the sky and the ending credits appear. Young Flyora is not dumb but he’s plenty inexperienced. (1985). [11], To prepare the 13-year-old Kravchenko for the role, Klimov called a hypnotist. It has since come to be considered one of the greatest films ever made.[10]. After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them. While some of the captured men including the commander plead for their lives and deflect blame, a young fanatical officer is unapologetic and vows they will carry out their mission. The filmmaking is emotive, intent on capturing the experiences of the characters more than their reality, using both audio and visual techniques that emulate human perception. He’s wide open, with his emotions on the surface. Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1978 book I Am from the Fiery Village (original title: Я из огненной деревни, Ya iz ognennoj derevni, 1977), of which Adamovich was a co-author. The website's critics consensus reads, "As effectively anti-war as movies can be, Come and See is a harrowing odyssey through the worst that humanity is capable of, directed with bravura intensity by Elem Klimov. I travelled through all of Poland and Belarus, finally reaching Ukraine. In 2008, Come and See was placed at number 60 on Empire magazine's "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" in 2008. [22] Film critic Roger Ebert commented on this scene as follows:[25]. May you recognize the presence of Christ in the suffering of your neighbor—and in your own suffering. Talk to Us. After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II. Come and see the place where he lay” (Matthew 28:6 NIV), it was a public invitation. The controversial Thai Buddhist temple "Dhammakaya" is in crisis as its abbot was charged with money-laundering and receiving stolen property. Share to Twitter. There's not much one can say about this movie, besides "Be warned, it's going to hurt you - a lot". Amen. S.D.G. And I decided to make a film about this tragedy. [11] Flyora rushes to rejoin his comrades, and they march through the birch woods as snow blankets the ground. Intermission Ep. The next day two partisans arrive at Flyora's house, to conscript him. This is one of those movies that once you see it it will haunt you forever, so I will definitely say be warned. [14] Eventually in 1984, Klimov was able to start filming without having compromised to any censorship at all. We have no hint of any words spoken. [9], In 2017, the film received an official restoration overseen by Karen Shakhnazarov. Please support the mission of the Dominican Friars. Fifth Week of Easter, 2021. Flyora returns to the village and finds that his fellow partisans have captured eleven of the Germans and their collaborators, including the commander, an SS-Sturmbannführer. Share to Tumblr. In the end, Mr. Kravchenko was able to concentrate so intensely that it seemed as if he had hypnotized himself for the role"[15][18] with some autogenic training. Powerful material, powerfully rendered ...", and dismissed the ending as "a dose of instant inspirationalism," but conceded to Klimov's "unquestionable talent. Andrew was one of those two followers of John who heard John speak and went after Jesus. This release is currently out-of-print. [16], The film was shot in chronological order over a period of nine months. Come and See is the most unforgiving war film I have ever seen. It is an astonishing work of pure devastation. And at the same time, we had to protect him from the stresses so that he wasn't left in the loony bin after filming was over, but was returned to his mother alive and healthy. Rubezh takes Flyora and two other men to find food at a nearby warehouse, only to find it being guarded by German troops. 13 talking about this. The German military march "Old Comrades" is played as the German army begins its attack on the village. But he replied: "Let them not watch it, then. Flyora later wanders out of the scorched village in the direction of the Germans, where he discovers they had been ambushed by the partisans. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. "Klimov employs a range of techniques that draws attention to the camera. "[Kravchenko's acting] could have had a very sad ending. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. EMBED. Share via email. Apr 20, 2021 - If we fail to take seriously what the Bible has to say about who we are and about the nature of the world we live in; and If we ignore the sin inside us, we won't seek the forgiving, rescuing, protecting, transforming and delivering grace that is our only hope.This world is terribly broken, we find ourselves regularly disappointed. Flyora and a young woman manage to escape, the latter is dragged by her hair across the ground and into a truck to be gang raped. This easy to use teacher-friendly material has been written by a group of experienced diocesan advisors. Denying that his family is dead, Flyora believes that they are hiding on a nearby island across a bog. The restoration of Come and See (1985), Elem Klimov’s unblinking depiction of Nazi armies wreaking carnage on Soviet Belorussia in 1943, enables us to view this disturbing, mesmerizing epic with fresh eyes as it turns Klimov’s lens into a burning glass. Written by The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. Klimov co-wrote the screenplay with Ales Adamovich, who fought with the Belarusian partisans as a teenager. [13], For eight years,[10] filming could not begin because the State Committee for Cinematography (Goskino) would not accept the screenplay, considering it too realistic, calling it propaganda for the "aesthetics of dirtiness" and "naturalism". Flyora tries to warn the townsfolk as they are being herded to their deaths, but is forced to join them inside a wooden church. Fortunately, with Aleksei Kravchenko, who played Flyora and who later became a good actor, everything went smoothly. Brief reflections on the week’s Scripture readings . "[45], In 2001, J. Hoberman of The Village Voice reviewed Come and See, writing the following: "Directed for baroque intensity, Come and See is a robust art film with aspirations to the visionary – not so much graphic as leisurely literal-minded in its representation of mass murder. The events with the people, the peasants, actually happened as shown in the film. [5][15][11][20][21] Aleksei Kravchenko mentioned in interviews that bullets sometimes passed just 4 inches (10 centimeters) above his head[15] (such as in the cow scene). Scripture Reading: John 1:43-51. And later, the drunk men surrounded them with sheepdogs and let the dogs tear the children to pieces. [4] Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1978 book I Am from the Fiery Village[5] (original title: Я из огненной деревни,[6] Ya iz ognennoj derevni, 1977), of which Adamovich was a co-author. Come and See (Russian: Иди и смотри, Idi i smotri; Belarusian: Ідзі і глядзі, Idzi i hliadzi) is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Come and see your neighbors as people who are precious to me. And the most frightening and shameful thing for me is that this film will be seen by my children and grandchildren". Instead, it's a chilling reminder of that victory's terrible costs. Flyora becomes a low-rank militiaman and is ordered to perform menial tasks. Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Summaries. It won the Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film, and was also shown in several European independent cinemas again. He and his son set out to find it. There's a curious scene here in a wood, the sun falling down through the leaves, when the soundtrack, which has been grim and mournful, suddenly breaks free into Mozart. In 1943, two Belarusian boys dig in a sand-filled trench looking for abandoned rifles in order to join the Soviet partisan forces. [10][16] During one of the after-the-film discussions, an elderly German lady stood up and said: "I was a soldier of the Wehrmacht; moreover, an officer of the Wehrmacht. This is the real thing! The film mixes hyper-realism with an underlying surrealism, and philosophical existentialism with poetical, psychological, political and apocalyptic themes. (The movie has been compared both to Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and it would not be surprising to learn that Steven Spielberg had screened it before making either of these.) [43], According to Klimov, the film was so shocking for audiences, however, that ambulances were sometimes called in to take away particularly impressionable viewers, both in the Soviet Union and abroad. One of the boys, Flyora, finds an SVT-40 rifle, though both of them are seen by an Fw 189 flying overhead. The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. Idi I Smotri (Come And See, Ven y mira). In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old man for two days. Thank you, Working Preacher. There are few images more indelible than the sight of young Alexei Kravchenko's fear-petrified expression. Philip said to him, “Come and see.” — John 1:46 It’s not enough to know what the Scriptures say about Jesus, study the doctrines concerning Him, or ponder His teaching. As they run from the village in the direction of the bogland, Glasha glances across her shoulder, seeing a pile of executed villagers' bodies stacked behind a house, but does not alert Flyora. Flyora is forced to watch as several Molotov cocktails and grenades are thrown onto and within the church before it is further set ablaze with a flamethrower as other soldiers shoot into the building. The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. ", Come and See was shot only on Belarusian soil. In 2001 Daneet Steffens of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Klimov alternates the horrors of war with occasional fairy tale-like images; together they imbue the film with an unapologetically disturbing quality that persists long after the credits roll. "[49] Tim Lott wrote in 2009 that the film "makes Apocalypse Now look lightweight". [19] Klimov and his cameraman Rodionov employed naturalistic colours, widescreen and lots of Steadicam shots; the film is full of extreme close-ups of faces, does not flinch from the unpleasant details of burnt flesh and bloodied corpses, and the guns were often loaded with live ammunition as opposed to blanks. Provisions as We Become A New Christian. The film reflects the clash between politics and faith in modern Thai society. Crime. The time was about four o'clock in the afternoon. Come and See HD 8.30 142 min The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. Kosach then forces most of the collaborators to douse the Germans with a can of petrol brought there by Flyora but the disgusted crowd shoots them all before they can be set on fire. 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