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Of Freaks And Men [DVD] [1998]

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Actors: Sergei Makovetsky, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksei Dyo
Directors: Aleksey Balabanov
Writers: Aleksey Balabanov
Producers: Oleg Botogov, Sergei Selyanov
Format: Full Screen, PAL
Language Russian
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 18
Studio: Tartan Video
DVD Release Date: 4 Dec 2000
Run Time: 89 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000050GOR
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,073 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
Russian
Region 0
Dolby Digital Russian
Dolby Digital
Original Theatrical Trailer
Review
Scene Selection
Star And Director Filmographies
Stills Gallery
English

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Acclaimed Russian director Alexei Balabanov (THE BROTHER) is the brains behind this award-winning film about the dark side of the late Victorian upper classes. Dark and subversive, OF FREAKS AND MEN is the story of a seedy man named Johann and his equally sinister assistant, who together take pictures of half-naked women being flogged. After sneaking their way into the homes of the wealthy, they shrewdly managed to engage their victims in some pornographic situations. Black comedy at its bravest, OF FREAKS AND MEN is a ground-breaking Russian film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamlike tale of turn of the century S&M film industry, 29 Oct 2000

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Alexei Balabanov is a director from whom you can certainly never know what to expect next. Having had two monster successes in Russia with the taut gangster thrillers Brat (Brother) and Brat 2, the director then turned to a most unusual story indeed: the beginning of the Russian porn industry. But it's not a thriller, oh no, 'Of Freaks and Men' is a dreamlike lyrical film set in a marvellous sepia-hued St Petersburg. A local gangster, suffering from his own version of angst and some kind of oedipal longings, and his cohort invade the lives of two respectable families, including a blind matriarch and Siamese twins, forcing them to participate in 'spanking'movies. A kind of dream of turn of the century Russia is brilliantly evoked in the autumnal light, as the characters move silently through the deserted city on canal boats, horrible threat and aching beauty alternating with each other constantly. Of course, under Communism, porn was absolutely outlawed; with the fall of the Red Power, it's everywhere. Balabanov's fantasy story takes the sleaze out of porn and examinesit in terms of the psychological states of the characters involved. By the way, once you see this film you will want to visit St Petersburg - I did!

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4.0 out of 5 stars The idea is better than the whole, 30 Nov 2002

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This is one of those films that you like thinking about afterwards but sit there bored through. The way it is filmed is excellent- in sepia with intertitles and the story is quite interesting but it is very slow. even though it is little more than 90 minutes long it feels longer and this detracts from the overall effect. I saw it at the cinema originally and it caused a lot of discussion but as a viewing experience you only need to see it once.

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4.0 out of 5 stars worth watching!, 19 Aug 2008

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I'm really glad I watched this film - its dark, Dostoyevskian, packed chockful with symbolism and layers of meaning - hence the very long review contained in the 'extra features' section (which is worth reading and cribbing from in case you are a media studies student!). The film seems to be about exploitation, travel, the history of cinema, industrialisation - but aside from all this cerebral stuff - its a sheer, unthinking, joy to watch and listen to. The sequence with the steam boat going down the river, belching smoke - the man in front with flowers -accompanied by that luscious Mussorgsky music is about the best thing I can ever remember seeing in cinema - I couldn't stop myself re-playing the scene over and over on my DVD player. Nice simple Russian too - a GCSE student could follow little chunks of it I think. I recommend renting it though - who pays 20 pounds for a DVD nowadays?

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