In Skazka, Alexander Sokurov weaves digital magic to create a phantasmagorical vision of the Afterlife, worthy of Dante. But wait: are we in the limbo of Purgatory, or a paradoxical Paradise reserved for notorious men of world history? Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and more: all are present and accounted for. Since they exist only as archival media images, each figure comes in a serial set小鸭水果店_睡前故事第一天，小鸭把水果店开到了一棵大树下，一只松鼠问：“鸭老板，有梨吗?” “有啊”小鸭一见有生意上门了高兴地说：“您不用下来。”说完把梨放在升降机上送到了松鼠的家门口，松鼠十分高兴。 第二天，小鸭水果店开到了小河边，小猪热得大汗淋淋，说：“我要买西瓜。”小鸭笑了笑说：“给你挑个个大的。”说完小鸭把西瓜放到切瓜机里，只听噌蹭地响了几声，西瓜就切好了。小猪拿起来边吃边说：“不用啃皮，真方便。”大象在河的那边大声地喊：“我要买香蕉。”小鸭子从水果店里搬出来了一台发射器，大象十分害怕地说：“啊!你要对我发大炮呀。”“这不是大炮而是水果发射器，大象伯伯快张开嘴。” 说着一根根香蕉飞进了大象的嘴里，大象开心地说：“不用过河，就可以吃到香蕉了，真好 。” 从此以后，小鸭子开的水果店十分热闹，生意红红火火。小朋友们，你们是不是也想去光临小鸭的水果店呀。 In the blackest of political comedies, these fallen men beg, in turn, to be let through Heaven’s Gate – but the angels who peek through never open wide. Little wonder, as the former leaders wander listlessly, bitching (in a Babel of multiple languages) about each other’s clothes, hair and hygiene. In what is ef In Skazka, Alexander Sokurov weaves digital magic to create a phantasmagorical vision of the Afterlife, worthy of Dante. But wait: are we in the limbo of Purgatory, or a paradoxical Paradise reserved for notorious men of world history? Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and more: all are present and accounted for. Since they exist only as archival media images, each figure comes in a serial set小鸭水果店_睡前故事第一天，小鸭把水果店开到了一棵大树下，一只松鼠问：“鸭老板，有梨吗?” “有啊”小鸭一见有生意上门了高兴地说：“您不用下来。”说完把梨放在升降机上送到了松鼠的家门口，松鼠十分高兴。 第二天，小鸭水果店开到了小河边，小猪热得大汗淋淋，说：“我要买西瓜。”小鸭笑了笑说：“给你挑个个大的。”说完小鸭把西瓜放到切瓜机里，只听噌蹭地响了几声，西瓜就切好了。小猪拿起来边吃边说：“不用啃皮，真方便。”大象在河的那边大声地喊：“我要买香蕉。”小鸭子从水果店里搬出来了一台发射器，大象十分害怕地说：“啊!你要对我发大炮呀。”“这不是大炮而是水果发射器，大象伯伯快张开嘴。” 说着一根根香蕉飞进了大象的嘴里，大象开心地说：“不用过河，就可以吃到香蕉了，真好 。” 从此以后，小鸭子开的水果店十分热闹，生意红红火火。小朋友们，你们是不是也想去光临小鸭的水果店呀。 In the blackest of political comedies, these fallen men beg, in turn, to be let through Heaven’s Gate – but the angels who peek through never open wide. Little wonder, as the former leaders wander listlessly, bitching (in a Babel of multiple languages) about each other’s clothes, hair and hygiene. In what is effectively a work of animation, Sokurov has pulled together many talents into an extraordinary technological feat. It blends pictorial elements from art history to form an endlessly unfolding landscape, replete with fog and ghostly armies of the sacrificed victims of history. Announced as Sokurov’s last film, Skazka is an inspired riff on the high culture of Peter Greenaway mixed with the low culture of mash-up artists Soda_Jerk. Can we now expect some entrepreneur to bring us the interactive Skazka video game? 童话超高清详情
