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In 2017, Pawel Pawlikowski adapted Emmanuel Carrère’s biographical novel Limonov (2011), based on the screenplay based on the life of Eduard Limonov
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The brutal story of Eduard Limonov, a radical Soviet poet who became a New York vagabond, a sensation in France, and a political antihero in Russia. Pawlikowski had planned to direct a film adaptation, but in 2020 he revealed that he had lost interest in the character and had given up on directing.
Reference bitch: Grigory Dobrygin: Silent Cinema (2021)
This film is a rare case where a film gets better the longer you watch it. I would say that if you can get through the first 20 minutes of action, you will begin to appreciate its strengths.
Visually, the film looks striking at times with long takes and expressive camera choices
The female leads portray complex characters well, although they are clearly limited by weak writing. But the next second, the film looks as if the editor checked all the buttons in Adobe Premiere and decided to forget about any sense of taste or moderation.
It’s safe to say that the goal of creating a believable portrait of Edward Limonov is quite difficult
Musically, it’s strong, with some bangers, especially when they try to inject a bit of Russian soul into the music choices. And the film, for all its questionable choices and poor writing, manages to capture at least a little of the magic it was meant to have.