#876: SHINARBAEV, Ermek: Revenge (1989)

SHINARBAEV, Ermek (Kazahkstan)
Revenge [1989]
Spine #876
Blu-ray


A child is raised in Korea to avenge the death of his father's first child in this decades-spanning tale of obsession and violence, the third collaboration between director Ermek Shinarbaev and writer Anatoli Kim. A study of everyday evil infused with philosophy and poetry, this haunting allegory was the first Soviet film to look at the Korean diaspora in central Asia, and a foundling work of the Kazakh New Wave. Rigorous and complex, Revenge weaves luminous imagery with inventive narrative elements in an unforgettable meditation on the way trauma is passed down through generations.

99 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Russian
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2017
Director/Writers


Based on a novel by Anatoli Kim.
Screenplay by Kim.
Ermek Shinarbaev was 36 when he directed Revenge.

The Film

A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Sixty-four page booklet featuring A Shared Mission, a foreward by Abbey Lustgarten, and The Long Road Home, an essay by Kent Jones on Revenge.

Commentary

None.

Introduction

To the film by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese.

Interview

With director Shinarbaev on Revenge.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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