Boris Godounov

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Zulawski tackles Modest Mussorgskys famous opera about the bloody battle for ascendancy to the throne of Russia in the 17th-century! With a score conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, Zulawski adds extra layers of devilish meta-textual embellishment by composing the films imagery as though we are watching a theater piece of a film crew making a movie about the opera of Boris Godounov! As well, the picture is full of delightful anachronisms that mock the then-contemporary Russian government, alongside jabs at other 20th-century dictatorships. So incensed was Rostropovich by Zulawskis juiced final product one that took liberties with the narratives sexual thrust, amongst other things that he (unsucessfully) took Zulawski to court for the violation of the Russian soul! Impressive in its use of whirling camera movements as well as mega close-ups of the contracted faces of its singers, Boris Godounov is one of the most original opera movies ever made

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