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Dead Line (2004)
excellent debut with a suspense
Ruminov's debut proved that Russian movie has chance to become something more than pure pyrotechnic effects of 'neo-Russian blockbusters'. High-grade drama of the script you cannot tear yourself off the screen to go out to the lady's room; the funniest and keen satire on contemporary Russia you cannot put a smile out of your face when you see a film producer cracking pencils like nuts. And the ending you can never expect is a brilliant metaphor that puts every absurd detail of the action on its proper place. Festival juries and critics were absolutely right to call Deadline the most promising debut. I read the movie cost US$27,000, and I think this money was spent in the most adequate way in our film business for the last 10 years.
Chelovek, kotoryy molchal (2004)
a digital thriller that changes your blood
... one of those films you can hardly breath while watching them ... you get nervous, you wanna snap your eyes shut and you feel something strange going up in your breast ... but you sit calm realizing these moments are worth experiencing... The same emotions Lynch's or Trier's films recall. After watching Mulholland Drive or Breaking The Waves your body is trembling, and your mind cannot definitely formulate the knowledge you've just received. It's a great feeling, and this is WHAT FOR cinema exists, to my mind. There are films difficult to watch and difficult to interpret, like in the real life there are things difficult to understand. Some people would call them vague or uncertain, but the thing is strength which is hard to resist. Silent Man gave me wisdom and power that changed all my life, and that was really a great gift.