Finally available with English translation
This is a remarkably well made and well acted film of Chekov's great play. I saw it 25 years ago at university and have been checking periodically for years for a DVD with English subtitles to be released (the acting is classic, great russian; exactly in the style that the play was written for- so much of it is done with a side glance, an offhand gesture, a shadowed face- the viewer does not need to understand what is being said in order to tell that an excellent performance is being given). I've never quite understood the director's choice to switch between B&W and Color stock- I have assumed it to be a Brechtian technique- but I cannot find anything but praise for the rest of the way he 'shows' us the story, or rather, the subtext of the story. I only wish they had used a better print and new, easier to read titling. We have gotten used to cleaner prints and more legible subtitles over the past 20 years but I am just GRATEFUL that it is available!! These technical details about the...
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