Connor & Jon try to examine both 300 years of Russian history AND one of the most daring films in the 21st century with Russian Ark. They are both awed and mystified by the technicality of the film, but does it come at the cost of story elements?

WARNING: Major spoilers for Russian Ark , The Sacrifice, & Birdman, Minor spoilers for Francofonia

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• Russian Ark (2002) | Dir. Alexander Sokurov
• Rope (1948) | Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) | Dir. Alejandro G. Inarritu
• 1917 (2019) | Dir. Sam Mendes
• Chicago (2002) | Dir. Rob Marshall
• The Blues Brothers (1980) | Dir. John Landis
• Battleship Potemkin (1925) | Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
• Strike (1925) | Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
• Nostalghia (1983) | Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• The Sacrifice (1986) | Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• Dunkirk (2017) | Dir. Christopher Nolan
• Nosferatu (1922) | Dir. F.W. Murnau
• Inception (2010) | Dir. Christopher Nolan
• Boyhood (2014) | Dir. Richard Linklater
• Baraka (1992) | Dir. Ron Fricke
• Samsara (2011) | Dir. Ron Fricke
• The Qatsi Trilogy (1982-2002) | Dir. Godfrey Reggio
• Palm Springs (2020)| Dir. Max Barbakow
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
• The Room (2003) | Dir. Tommy Wiseau
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | Dir. Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
• 127 Hours (2010) | Dir. Danny Boyle
• Touch of Evil (1958) | Dir. Orson Welles
• Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | Dir. Alain Resnais
• Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) | Dir. Alain Resnais
• Francofonia (2015) | Dir. Alexander Sokurov
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) | Dir. George Miller
• Andrei Rublev (1966) | Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• Gettysburg (1993) | Dir. Ron Maxwell