Russian Ark<\/em><\/a> to the Netflix list.\u00a0\u00a0 Then it came, and because I figured that it’s only good attributes were the fluid camera work and the Russian gallery, I left it on the shelf for nearly a month because I couldn’t work up the wherewithal to sit down and take in an artsy movie.<\/p>\nI was horribly wrong.\u00a0 The limitations of the single shot filming didn’t make any part of this movie tedious, as I feared it would.\u00a0 Watching it was like dreaming, where you can only see where the dream is taking you.\u00a0 The dialog and action were all completely engrossing and completely unexpected. \u00a0 So, go watch it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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