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Aleksei German [View all]
Last edited Tue Feb 24, 2015, 05:34 PM - Edit history (3)
Yesterday I became aware of the Russian filmmaker Aleksei German,
and I am very happy to say that I will be able to see his last great
sci-fi masterpiece Hard to Be a God this Saturday.
It turns out that, like Tarkovsky, German had a very difficult time
making films and finally resorted to sci-fi. In fact, Hard to Be a God
is based on the book of the same title by the Strugatsky brothers who
also authored Roadside Picnic, the source story for Tarkovsky's Stalker.
I am really looking forward to seeing German's film and seeing how
his filmmaking might segue from that of Tarkovsky.
To add: Of Hard to Be a God, Roger Ebert said: "probably one of
the capital-G Great Films." Wow!
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