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welcome to official facebook page of khulan chuluun, mongol actress who first gained international notice as börte, the wife of genghis khan, in the oscar nominated film mongol .
making a transnational film: dr. jekyll and mr. hyde of sergei bodrov' s mongol (2007 )
a very good film chronicling the exploits and reign of genghis khan. this is a terrific film with an excellent cast of actors. mongol is a very beautiful film and if you love foreign film, you' ll love this one. this is a powerful film about the greatest conqueror who ever lived. mongol is a stunning historical epic in the style of braveheart. a great historical film that has a lot of action as much as story, this is a film that will please history buffs as well as film enthusiasts .
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mongol has just enough characterization to sustain its own reason for being - - cinematic fullness .
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if you haven' t seen it, mongol is an absolutely incredible film. puts western historical epics to shame. i love this film. watch this movie! the soundtrack is also absolutely amazing .
mongol: you can try. (indicates temujin) but my liver has a new master .
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the article first appeared in the mongol messenger' s issue no. 8 - 9 for february 24 .
mongol (2007, andreevsky flag film co). the weinstein company' s major historical drama marco polo chose kazakhstan for part of its five month shoot in 2014 .
as for her documentary film, the british academy of film and television arts (bafta) reviewed and nominated the film as the' best documentary film' for the 70th british academy film awards. however, the academy awards or oscars considered the film ineligible for nomination. according to bbc’s article “is the eagle huntress really a documentary? ” a reviewer described the film as a “fairytale documentary”. some viewers are saying the film was staged. although many audiences believe that the documentary is genuine, some factors doubt the rest .
mongol is quality escapism: an exotic saga that compels, moves and envelops us with its grand and captivating story .
in the movie mongol, genghis was shown as a fair and patient man. is that how mongols portray him ?
the film’s producers also plan to release the movie to over 3, 200 screens in china – an exceptional number for a russian film .
earlier this year the film won for best sound direction and costumes at rival national film academy awards, the golden eagles, run by a separate organization headed by director and moscow film festival chief nikita mikhalkov .
rudakov and others say
horde
is little more than an attempt to denigrate russia' s mongol roots and herald the role of christianity in throwing off the
mongol yoke .
in the film, the character of metropolitan aleksei is credited with protecting moscow from a tatar raid in the 14th century .
while the historical accuracy may be dodgy, mongol is a sweeping and quasi - mythical epic that recalls lawrence of arabia .
with its breathtaking landscapes, bloody battles, bitter betrayals and an aching love story, mongol is a sumptuously crafted epic .
but not everyone is eager to see the film, which depicts life under the golden horde, the mongol khanate that controlled large portions of eurasia during the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries .
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a movie in which acting still prevails is mongol. people often say,' they don' t make movies like they used to.' maybe the russians make movies like hollywood used to. mongol, photographed beautifully in kazakhstan and the chinese province of
but in general the film is so impressive that we can' t leave the theater without wanting more. and with luck (and decent box office returns), we' ll get it -
mongol
is projected as the first film in a trilogy about genghis khan .
sergei bodrov’s russian - made epic of the early life of warrior emperor ghengis khan, “mongol, ” swept the board friday at moscow’s nika film awards winning best director, best feature and four other prizes .
the venice film festival has announced nine films eligible for venice’s new persol 3 - d award for the best stereoscopic 3 - d film of the year .
the film was inspired by the viral photographs. tell me more about that .
russian writer - director - producer sergei bodrov will be in berlin on sunday to unveil his upcoming directing and production slate, including the great khan, the anticipated sequel to his oscar - nominated 2007 film, mongol .
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a film unfinished, a documentary by yael hersonski examining the production of a notorious nazi propaganda film falsely depicting jewish life in the ghetto is gaining wider release and considerable praise. praise for the film demonstrates that winners of silverdocs’ wga documentary screenplay award are films to watch out for. new york magazine considers the film’s importance .
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genghis khan was a mongol warlord who fought his way up from obscurity to conquer most of asia by his death in 1227. mongol covers his early life and first steps to power, while he still went by his given name, temüjin. conceived as the first part of a trilogy, it was nominated for an oscar for best foreign film in 2007 .
the russian committee for oscars chose fyodor bondarchuk’s action - drama film of the wwii period as the country’s contender in the oscars’ race for best foreign - language film .
list of illustrations acknowledgements a note on transliteration maps introduction: the study of women in the mongol empire 1. women and politics from the steppes to world empire 2. regents and empresses: women’s rule in the mongols’ world empire 3. political involvement and women’s rule in the ilkhanate 4. women and the economy of the mongol empire 5. mongol women’s encounters with eurasian religions 6. concluding remarks glossary list of abbreviations bibliography index
errementari by paul urkijo will be screen in competition at the 50th sitges film festival .
huun - huur - tu. soul song .
mongol
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mongol: the rise of genghis khan is a 2007 russian semi - historical film about the early life of temüjin, who later came to be known as genghis khan. it is directed by sergei bodrov, with the storyline conceived from a screenplay written by bodrov and arif aliev. the film was produced by bodrov, sergei selyanov and anton melnik and stars tadanobu asano, sun honglei and chuluuny khulan in principal roles. mongol explores abduction, kinship and the repercussions of war. the film was a co - production between companies in russia, germany and kazakhstan. filming took place mainly in the people' s republic of china, principally in inner mongolia (the mongol autonomous region), and in kazakhstan .
mongol is a 2007 film biopic about genghis khan. the film traces the early part of the life of temudgin, the man who became genghis khan, starting with his selection of future wife borte when he was nine years old. the film follows temudgin through his father esugei' s murder, the usurpation by targutei (another member of temudgin' s clan), temudgin' s friendship and then rivalry with jamukha (leader of another clan), his defeat by jamukha, his return and triumph, and temudgin' s eventual unification of the various mongol tribes .
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among those offended are the very researchers who were hired to help proshkin and his screenwriter re - create the sights and sounds of life under the mongol empire .
the film’s cast is virtually composed of unknown greenhorns in the russian movie industry with the exception of veteran actors heiner lauterbach who starred in das experiment and thomas kretschmann from the film the pianist .
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there is some serbian spoken in the film heaven' s gate. is this historically accurate ?
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mongol ii: the legend is the highly awaited sequel to the oscar - nominated mongol. part two is an epic blockbuster based on true events during the last years of genghis khan’s life – the years when he conquered half the world. to this day, his last expedition remains one of the most incredible war campaigns in military history .
the stylistic approach - films are classified into categories which can limit the potential meanings of the film .
the script, which won one of eight oscars awarded to the film, bears echoes of mr. schulberg’s own political struggle: the film’s director, elia kazan, had also chosen to name names .
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the film is about mongolia, about genghis khan. and he is like god in mongolia. .
the filmmakers confirmed that edits have been made to the film since its initial release. “like many films that screen at sundance, the film was not finished as of january. several minor changes were made to the film as part of the normal editing process, ” dick and ziering said in a statement .
< p > mongol (ws) < / p > < p > award - winning russian filmmaker sergei bodrov illuminates the life and legend of genghis khan in his stunning historical epic, mongol. based on leading scholarly accounts, mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as temudgin in 1162. as it follows temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor. < / p >
a photo of eagle hunter aisholpan nurgaiv went viral in 2014 and inspired a new film about her life .
pier paolo pasolini’s adaptation of chaucer’s the canterbury tales, the middle film in his trilogy of life series .
the film' s director, andrei proshkin, has defended the film as a work of
historic fiction ,
saying it was never intended as a true - to - life depiction of the golden horde .
she must have seen the movie. that' s about all they do in
mongol .
they do not sing, dance, chant, hold summit meetings, have courts, hunt, or (with one exception) even cook and eat. they have no culture, except for a series of sayings :
a mongol does, or does not ...
a long list of things, although many a mongol seems never to have been issued the list, and does (or does not) do them, anyway .
another quibble: the religious scenes, in which temudgin retreats to a sacred spot to fortify his spirits, seem cursory, as if bodrov decided the film needed a shot of instant kurosawa. you can' t introduce a subject like mongol animistic beliefs and just touch on it in passing .
for its first screening, the film, almost finished at that time, was shown to a selected audience last september 19 in st. petersburg’s newly constructed velikan cinema as part of the kinoexpo film - industry trade show. the said audience was composed of exhibitors as well as other industry personalities which include a - list russian filmmakers alexander sokurov of faust, alexie uchitel of the edge and sergei bodrov of mongol. after the film was shown, these same individuals congratulated director bondarchuk for a job well done .
battle in the rain: the final battle between temudgin and jamukha, in which temudgin wins and unites the mongol tribes. and the rain was the reason he won—see call back below .
mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old - fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word .
there are a few battle scenes, but they also seem small – no mongol hordes of thousands are here. the film’s budget may have restricted what could be shown, and since the filmmaker is planning a trilogy, he may have been thinking of holding off an any grander scenes until the next installment .
the film crew from the production company bronte film and television complete with fifteen vehicles had based themselves at tennants in leyburn where they took over a large part of the car park; although it is not thought they filmed there .
bruno de nicola investigates the development of women’s status in the mongol empire from its original homeland in mongolia up to the end of the ilkhanate of iran in 1335. taking a thematic approach, the chapters show a coherent progression of this development and contextualise the evolution of the role of women in medieval mongol society. the arrangement serves as a starting point from where to draw comparison with the status of mongol women in the later period. exploring patterns of continuity and transformation in the status of these women in different periods of the mongol empire as it expanded westwards into the islamic world, the book offers a view on the transformation of a nomadic - shamanist society from its original homeland in mongolia to its settlement in the mostly sedentary - muslim iran in the mid - 13th century .
film website: urltoken festivals and awards: nominated for 1 oscar. another 11 wins & 8 nominations. 2008 academy awards, usa - nominated - oscar - best foreign language film of the year (kazakhstan) 2007 asia pacific screen awards - nominated - asia pacific screen award - achievement in cinematography (sergey trofimov) 2008 asian film award - won - best supporting actor (honglei sun) 2009 broadcast film critics association awards - nominated - critics choice award - best foreign language film 2008 european film awards - nominated - audience award - best film (sergey bodrov); nominated - european film award - best cinematographer (sergey trofimov, rogier stoffers) 2007 golden eagle awards, russia - won - golden eagle - best costume design (karin lohr); - best sound design (stephan konken) 2009 image awards - nominated - image award - outstanding foreign motion picture 2008 las vegas film critics society awards - won - sierra award - best foreign film 2008 mtv movie awards, russia - nominated - mtv movie award - best fight (tadanobu asano); nominated - best film 2008 national board of review, usa - won - nbr award - best foreign language film kazakhstan / russia / mongolia / germany. 2008 nika awards - won - nika - best cinematography (sergey trofimov, rogier stoffers); - best costume design (karin lohr); - best director (sergey bodrov); - best film; - best production design (dashi namdakov, elena zhukova); - best sound (stephan konken) 2007 rome film fest - nominated - golden marc' aurelio award (sergey bodrov )
set in 1192, mongol tells the tale of the mongolian steppe and the rise of temüjin, who would later become genghis khan, one of the most feared and respected warriors of the medieval world .
mongol: historical drama. directed by sergei bodrov. with tadanobu asano, honglei sun and khulan chuluun. in mongolian with english subtitles. (rated r. 124 minutes. at bay area theaters. )
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rob’s film experience extends from finance and distribution management to creative duties on more than a dozen successful films, including such critical and commercial successes as the usual suspects, breakdown, bound, blade 2, and cabin fever. he is executive producer of laura smiles, which premiered in the 2005 tribeca film festival, of the amateurs, a comedy starring jeff bridges, and he set up the film mongol, an action epic about the early life of genghis khan that was nominated for a 2008 academy award for best foreign language film. he is executive producer of the horror trilogy abattoir, directed by darren lynn bousman (saw ii, iii and iv), which is funded by chinese investors .
mongol was directed by sergei bodrov, and was a joint russian / kazakh / german production. the film was shot in inner mongolia and the dialogue is in the mongolian language. it is a considerably better film than previous genghis khan biopics such as the disastrous the conqueror (1956, with john wayne as temudgin !) and genghis khan (1965), as well as being more historically accurate, though it takes its share of major artistic license .
mongol is a fantastic movie. the throat - singing was an eerie soundtrack, but effective. sergei always said this was to be the first in a trilogy, i' m hoping he gets there eventually .
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not surprisingly, mongol was nominated for best foreign film by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. ironically, but very logically from the viewpoint of transnational cinema, it was nominated for the oscar as a film representing kazakhstan (which provided much of the financing for the film). kazakhstan was put on the map of the global media two years ago by a transnational comic flick, borat: cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan (2006; dir. larry charles), a different kind of a transnational journey redefining space and the protagonist' s identity .
i hope this title becomes available for rental on amazon soon because more people need to see this film. it is fantastic !
the director of
the horde ,
andrei proshkin, has defended the film as a work of
historic fiction .
peter’s take: i had gone into this movie with high hopes – the mongols are a favourite subject of mine, and the story of the rise of genghis khan is something that could translate into an epic film. while mongol takes advantage of the magnificent views of the great steppe, it doesn’t deliver on giving a a story to match .
for its two - hour running time, mongol makes you believe that you' re in the company of the future khan and his companions as they struggle to endure the callousness of the times and the savage environment .
gwladys fouchã©: two sweeping historical epics are nominated for the european film awards. unfortunately both are trying to make heroes out of villains
the book cut so close to the bone that mr. schulberg was warned that he would never work in the film industry again .
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mongol
delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of genghis khan, who was born as temudgin in 1162. as it follows temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader .
mongol
shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor .
scenes show the mongols using simple un - recurved bows (e. g. when temujin and borte are being chased by the merkits); at least in the final battle scene they use the famous and powerful mongol recurved bows
outside former eastern bloc countries, bodrov' s picture functions as a film for global media consumption. it offers a melodrama plot combined with the story of a man' s journey in search of his true identity, with the soundtrack emphasizing its foreignness for the overwhelming majority of film markets. the film' s dialogue is in mongolian and requires subtitles or voice - over translation anywhere but in mongolia .
the film is critical of the law school’s reversal of the decision. willingham’s narrative comes at the beginning of the film, which focuses heavily on the testimony of victims of sexual assault and what they describe as the lackluster administrative responses at colleges and universities across the country .
sergei bodrov’s russian - made epic of the early life of warrior emperor ghengis khan, “mongol, ” swept the board friday at moscow’s nika film awards winning best director, best feature and four other prizes. the $ 20 million movie that features japanese and chinese actors speaking mongolian beat aleksander balabanov’s late - soviet murder story “cargo 200, ” aleksei popogrebsky’s “simple [ … ]
the origins of sergei bodrov' s new epic feature, mongol, part one, tell consumers and critics a lot about the fate of russian cinema in the new millennium. the german - kazakh - russian co - production venture hired a russian - born film director, together with film workers from other countries, to make a transnational film targeted at multiple national and international communities within the framework of global media - based capitalism. relying on his experience in making soviet, russian, and transnational films, bodrov completed the new project with exceptional professionalism. he started his career in the 1970s and remained prolific and successful even during the 1990s, the most difficult years for the new russian film industry. his prisoner of the mountains (kavkazskii plennik, 1996) won an oscar nomination for best foreign film, and was one of the few russian films to gain international release and acclaim during this decade. in 2005 bodrov co - directed (with ivan passer and talgat temenov) the most expensive kazakh film ever made, a $ 40 million historical epic, nomad (kochevniki) .
based on leading scholarly accounts and written by bodrov and arif aliyev, mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as temudgin in 1162. as it follows temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor .
odnyam odsuren plays a young genghis khan in in
mongol ,
sergei bodrov' s movie about the life and legend of the mongolian ruler, opening june 20 in bay area theaters. photos by igor vereshagin. (c) 2007 picturehouse less
he came away from the first meeting feeling enthusiastic that russia would
finally
have an accurate depiction of life under its mongol forbearers, who are widely credited with establishing regional government, a postal system, census - taking, and military organization .
with his two sons during a break in filming on the set of the conqueror, a big budget blockbuster about genghis khan shot in the utah desert in 1954. it was one of hollywood’s most famous mis - castings. the duke could do many things but playing a 13th century mongol warlord was not one of them. film geeks consider it one of the great turkeys of hollywood’s golden age .
not accurate at all. since there is virtually no information about the early life of gengis khan and his rise to power, the film mongol can be safely regarded as a work of complete fiction. more specifically, it is russia' s attempt to manufacture an alternate mythology to fill the chasm left behind by the disintegration of the soviet one. russia always had trouble settling on a perception of its mongol past, and this is just another swing of the pendulum. not only is it a complete fabrication on a macro scale, but the details show a complete ignorance of mongol history. one of my' favorite' scenes was the very end of the movie when they presumably preview the sequel, and show mongol horsemen mowing down some army by riding through them with swords sticking out on both sides. while even the wildest lord of the rings fantasy would have blown its wad at that scene, it bears no resemblance to the reality of mongol warfare. mongols rode ponies, which they remounted frequently, and avoided close - quarter engagement. their primary weapon was a short bow, which they fired from horseback, then retreated, thereby whittling down the enemy force. metalworking was not available to the nomadic mongols, and the few swords and other metal object they did have were acquired through trade, and served as a status symbol or, at most, a weapon of last resort. andrey
based on leading scholarly accounts and written by bodrov and arif aliyev ,
mongol
delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as temudgin in 1162. as it follows temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader .
mongol
shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor .
how we got here: the film starts with temudgin as a prisoner being held captive in the tangut kingdom, before vaulting back to his childhood .
concerns about the documentary’s portrayal of harvard’s disciplinary process have previously been raised. in march, the crimson published a story challenging statistics that the film cites to describe the incidence of sexual assault at harvard and the administration’s response. in particular, the film conflated harvard university and harvard college and misrepresented the sanctions handed down in some cases. since the film first came out, those statistics have been updated, reflecting the points raised by the crimson .
mongol, germany, kazakhstan, russia, mongolia, 2007 color, 120 minutes director: sergei bodrov sr. scriptwriter: arif aliev and sergei bodrov sr. cinematography: roger stoffers and sergei trofimov composer: tuomas kantelinen cast: tadanobu asano, khulan chuluun, amadu mamadakov, basan, aliia costume design: karin lohr production: andreevskii flag film company, kinofabrika, kinokompaniya ctb, x - filme creative pool
odnyam odsuren plays a young genghis khan in in
mongol ,
sergei bodrov' s movie about the life and legend of the mongolian ruler, opening june 20 in bay area theaters. photos by igor vereshagin. (c) 2007... more
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
within a year after the film debuted as a critical and commercial flop, producer howard hughes knew that problems were on the horizon. out of guilt, he purchased every single print of the movie that had ever been copied, and kept them at his mansion home. in his later, eccentric years, he would view the film every night before going to bed, regretting each day for the rest of his life the fact that he produced the film .
in the countries of the former eastern bloc, above all in russia, kazakhstan, and perhaps mongolia, the film gets reinterpreted from the points of view of their respective cultural optics. these new countries are in the process of articulating their own national and transnational identities, their place within the global media market. in this respect, mongol mythologizes the past for the sake of explaining the present identities of these nations .
as for being a work of russian fiction, russian director sergei bodrov' s grandmother was a buryat mongol, he had made several prior movies based on central asian history and the production was financed mostly by kazakh money and represented kazakhstan in international movie festivals (he had hoped to film it in mongolia, but the mongols weren' t sure it would do justice to the great khan and wouldn' t cooperate) .
3 ] writing about mongol, tsyrkun parodies the style of soviet - era textbooks about good russian empire builders: “the great and terrible genghis khan is not a ruthless conqueror, but a gatherer of mongolian lands (that is, an extremely progressive historical figure). ”
sergei bodrov' s
mongol
is a ferocious film, blood - soaked, pausing occasionally for passionate romance and more frequently for torture. as a visual spectacle, it is all but overwhelming, putting to shame some of the recent historical epics from hollywood. if it has a flaw, and it does, it is expressed succinctly by the wife of its hero :
all mongols do is kill and steal .
the action sequences here are first - rate, the performances are uniformly excellent, the cinematography as good as i' ve seen in any film this year .
could this cancer have been the effects of the radioactive filming locations? there are just too many cancer - related deaths associated with this film to be coincidence .
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based on a collection of medieval stories by 14th century writer giovanni boccaccio, the first film in pasolini’s trilogy of life captures the joys and sorrows of life .
offers nothing for fans on its home video release but the film itself is so solid i doubt fans will mind when theyre watching the bloody battle scenes for the hundredth time. film buffs on the other hand, might be disappointed to have no insight into how budrov made everything look so stunning and easy. (alliance )
it happens that i have seen another movie about mongols that suggests they do more than steal and kill. this is the famous nine - hour, three - part documentary
taiga
( 1995) by ulrike ottinger, who lived with today' s yurt dwellers, witnessed one of their trance - evoking religious ceremonies, observed their customs and traditions, and learned in great detail how they procure and prepare food. there is also a wrestling match that is a good deal more cheerful than the contests in
mongol .
but you do not have the time for a nine - hour documentary on this subject, i suppose, nor does
mongol .
the nuances of an ancient and ingeniously developed culture are passed over, and it cannot be denied that
mongol
is relentlessly entertaining as an action picture .
war god: tengri is depicted as one - seeing how temujin prays to him before a battle. such as it is, there actually is a god of war in turko - mongol mythology - kyzaghan, a deity that some note is quite similar to the norse odin .
there are scenes of greatness in mongol. take for example, the scene where genghis khan, known in this movie as temudgin, tells his son how he chose his mother well. his wife replies ,
you did not choose me. i chose you
ti which temudgin replies after a moment of thought ,
true !
mongol is about the man who would become one of history' s greatest conquerers, and this movie focuses on how temudgin' s family life played an essential part in setting him in the path of his destiny. his wife remains his only constant through many ordeals of slavery, clan disputes, betrayal, and brotherhood. the problem is that the film oversimplifies a lot of these events. we never truly understand why after the death of his father, the remaining tribe wanted to hill temudgin. nor do we ever really see the mongol way of life, which the characters speak so highly of throughout the film. in essence, it' s an action picture that should have been a grand epic. many of the films scenes are beautifully shot and constructed. but others feel redundant, as if we' ve seen them in countless hollywood action epics. specifically, the battle scenes seem too much like braveheart. a well made and watchable film. but not a great one .
the mongol rally thunders 10, 000 miles across the mountains, desert and steppe of europe and asia each summer. there’s no backup, no support and no set route; just you, your fellow adventurists and a tiny 1000cc car you bought from a scrapyard for £11. 50 .
thank you for your note and for your interest. it’s my pleasure to connect with you. i’ll add your email address to the distribution list for china film biz .
laurent fumeron, produced music videos, advertising and several short films including andrew desmond’s latest work “entity” which premiered in competition at gerardmer film festival and counting 50 selections worldwide .
the government found the law school in violation of gender equity law title ix last december, which the film cites as evidence of the school’s negligence in the willingham case .
at a panel introduced by university president drew faust, three college alumni discussed their work in creating
whiplash ,
a film about a jazz student and his instructor .
bollocks to tarmac, abs and gadgets that help you find your navel. the mongol rally is about getting lost, using your long neglected wits, raising shedloads of cash for charity and scraping into the finish line with your vehicle in tatters and a wild grin smeared across your grubby face .
mongol is, above all, a hollywood melodrama, that is, a story of love, fall, and redemption, in fact a story of a bourgeois nuclear family threatened by historical forces beyond the heroes' control at the film' s beginning. the lovers' many separations caused by larger than life historical forces, enhanced by superb camerawork, editing, and cgi, end up with the eventual reunification of the protagonists. what gives this quintessentially western story an orientalizing spice is the identity of the protagonists and the film' s setting. bodrov tells a story of the young genghis khan (tadanobu asano) and his first wife börte (khulan chuluun) set against the background of exotic central asian steppes and decorated with sartorial elegance by the film' s award winning costume designer, karin lohr .
released in the spring, the film features kamilah willingham, a law school alumna, telling the story of what she describes as her and a friend’s experience being sexually assaulted by another law student during her time at the school. while he is not identified by name in the film, a press release names brandon winston as the alleged perpetrator .
the young girl became a world star after the picture of her on top of a canyon with an eagle on her forearm was taken during the festival and sent to major western media by israeli photographer, asher svidenski. directed by otto bell, the documentary film on aisholpan’s life' the eagle huntress' was released during the 2016 sundance film festival and has received many comments from both critics and viewers. even after traveling the world upon the film’s release, aisholpan’s bashful kind - heart and modest smile never once wavered .
the film has a visceral energy with powerful battle sequences and also scenes of striking and serene physical beauty. its only flaw: there might have been one battle too many .
thanks for your interest, christine. for an analysis of film performance by genre please see my november 17th post, china’s box office: a very good year so far .
andrew lapin is a film critic and journalist who has written for npr, vulture, the washington post, the atlantic, and many other publications. follow him on twitter .
yuan yuan: born and raised in shangdong province in china, yuan yuan attended beijing film academy for college and then obtained mfa from university of southern california peter stark producing program. with years of studying and working experience, she is now actively involved in the film business across china and the u. s. . her previous work varies from china - korea - us coproduction series “dramaworld”, which is on netflix and youku, and chinese theatrical film “dream breaker”, which is financed by jetavana and set to release in 2018 .
mongol tells of the rise of the man who would become genghis khan. it was planed as a trilogy, but the last two parts have yet be made. i enjoyed the movie and found it to be interesting and fantastic. the movie has a russian director. if this movie had a chinese director the film may have been seen in a different way. tadanobu asano is temudjin. he be more familiar as hogun in the two thor movies. as a japanese actor he portrays temudjin very well. the movie tells the story of temudjin in a series of flash backs. there were a few times i got a bit lost by this technique. but i was able to figure things out. the story is well told and well directed and i wish the other parts of the story had been made. i found some of the mongol customs were interesting. a boy nine choosing a future wife from a line up of young girls, because at age 12 he would marry her. much of the film was made in mongolia which helps add to the historical value of the movie. it is a very good film .
the movie entitled stalingrad is the first russian movie ever to be made completely in 3d and is also the first non - us film to be produced in the imax 3d makeup .
daisy ridley saw an early cut of this film, and loved it so much that she wanted to be a part of it. she is now credited as an executive producer .
for all its beautiful costumes, gorgeous landscapes and unflinching face - smashings, mongol is all style and very little substance. the life of genghis khan is difficult to research, but it is a pity bodrov couldn' t fill in the holes with anything more robust than dorky sword - and - sorcery fanfic .
mongol
has a classic tagline -
greatness comes to those who take it
- that' s right on the money for a sweeping, old - school epic. in recounting the early life of genghis khan, this outsized film offers everything you would want from an imposing historical drama: furious battles between mass armies, unquenchable love between husband and wife, blood brothers who become deadly enemies, and many episodes of betrayal and treachery among the warring tribes of the central asian steppes .
a film adaptation of literature is successful if it has stayed faithful to the novel. beyond fidelity: the dialogics of adaptation by robert stam points of that fidelity is key, but he questions if this is even possible in adaptations. fidelity is when a film stays true to the most important components and fundamentals of the novel. even if a director is “faithful” to what is being adapted, there is always going to be a difference. stam says, “an adaptation is automatically different because and original due to the change of medium” (stam 543). the mise - en - scene, lighting, and editing changes everything. he goes on to discuss different approaches of adaptations. a film can just capture the essence of the film, or it can be translated and transformed into a whole new twist. the plots and characters can be used from a literary text and transformed into a whole new world in a film .
andrei tarkovsky ’s second feature was a monumentally ambitious attempt to create a grand fresco of life in 15th - century russia. it’s centred around the eponymous icon painter (played by anatoly solonitsyn), who wanders through a landscape ravaged by mongol invaders, experiencing an acute crisis of faith as he’s confronted with savagery and hopelessness .
and so they went filming, and by the time it reached theaters, word spread on how awful the film was. as of right now, it currently has a cult - following of those dedicated to watching bad films. it has made its way into books focusing on razzie potential material, and is known as that project that john wayne must have been insane to sign a contract with. what makes this even more of a shock is that this film came out the same year as the searchers, a film which is said by many to be the duke’s greatest performance .
visas are required but are easily obtained from embassies. foreigners should be registered for the term of stay in the country, which can be arranged by the local agent. there are no specific work permits for foreigners. film permits for the streets are generally not required, except in uzbekistan. there are no film or actors' unions which means no imperative union rules. there no buyouts .
some were delivered by marlon brando playing the longshoreman terry malloy in the 1954 film “on the waterfront. ” malloy had lost a shot at a prizefighting title by taking a fall for easy money .
as a result, the film consists of one bloody scene of carnage after another, illustrated by hordes of warriors eviscerating one another while bright patches of blood burst upon the screen. at the center of the killing is invariably the khan, or leader, named temudgin (tadanobu asano), who is not yet genghis khan, but be patient: this film is the first of a trilogy .
sequel hook: the film was originally proposed as the first of a trilogy, which is probably why temudgin lets jamukha go at the end. unfortunately, the sequels have gotten stuck in development hell .
the director together with the film’s producer alexander rodnyansky also thanked the the industry audience for their trust and support and had stated that the screening was held to cultivate positive word of mouth among the industry .
something else that really interested me was the repetition use of transportation. throughout the entire film, there were shots of trains, bikes, horse and buggies, cars, planes, and boats. i believe that vertov used these images to represent the movement of film. it shows that it is a new art form that has sprung from the stillness of photography into this great new movement of images .
mongol director sergei bodrov will serve as executive producer and creative consultant on english - language uk action - thriller knuckledust. the uk - france co - production comes from featuristic films and the project with shoot due to get underway in early 2017 from second - time writer - director james kermack (hi - lo joe). screen daily press release
a still image from the documentary the eagle huntress. the film follows teenager aisholpan nurgaiv, the first female in a traditionally male role, as she trains a golden - eagle chick to hunt in mongolia.
mongol ( монгол ) , also known as mongol : the rise of genghis khan in the united states and mongol : the rise to power of genghis khan in the united kingdom , is a 2007 russian semi-historical epic film directed by sergei bodrov , about the early life of temüjin , who later came to be known as genghis khan . the storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by bodrov and arif aliev . it was produced by bodrov , sergei selyanov and anton melnik and stars tadanobu asano , sun honglei and chuluuny khulan in the main roles . mongol explores abduction , kinship and the repercussions of war . the film was a co-production between companies in russia , germany and kazakhstan . filming took place mainly in the people 's republic of china , principally in inner mongolia ( the mongol autonomous region ) , and in kazakhstan . shooting began in september 2005 , and was completed in november 2006 . after an initial screening at the russian film festival in vyborg on 10 august 2007 , mongol was released in russia on 20 september 2007 . it saw a limited release in the united states on 6 june 2008 grossing $ 5.7 million in domestic ticket sales . it additionally earned nearly 21 million in sales through international release for a combined $ 26.5 million in gross revenue . the film was a minor financial success after its theatrical run , and was generally met with positive critical reviews . the film was nominated for the 2007 academy award for best foreign language film as a submission from kazakhstan . the film is intended to be the first part of a trilogy about genghis khan , and initial work on the second part began in 2008 . the trilogy project was eventually put on the shelf , but in july 2013 , during a visit to the annual naadam festival in ulan bator , bodrov told the press that the production of the sequel had started , and that it may be shot in mongolia , as had been the intention for mongol , before local protests , fearing that the film would not correctly portray the mongolian people and its national hero , genghis khan , caused the shooting to move to inner mongolia and kazakhstan . 
mongol (монгол), also known as mongol: the rise of genghis khan in the united states and mongol: the rise to power of genghis khan in the united kingdom, is a 2007 russian semi-historical epic film directed by sergei bodrov, about the early life of temüjin, who later came to be known as genghis khan. the storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by bodrov and arif aliev. it was produced by bodrov, sergei selyanov and anton melnik and stars tadanobu asano, sun honglei and chuluuny khulan in the main roles. mongol explores abduction, kinship and the repercussions of war. the film was a co-production between companies in russia, germany and kazakhstan. filming took place mainly in the people's republic of china, principally in inner mongolia (the mongol autonomous region), and in kazakhstan. shooting began in september 2005, and was completed in november 2006. after an initial screening at the russian film festival in vyborg on 10 august 2007, mongol was released in russia on 20 september 2007. it saw a limited release in the united states on 6 june 2008 grossing $ 5.7 million in domestic ticket sales. it additionally earned nearly 21 million in sales through international release for a combined $ 26.5 million in gross revenue. the film was a minor financial success after its theatrical run, and was generally met with positive critical reviews. the film was nominated for the 2007 academy award for best foreign language film as a submission from kazakhstan. the film is intended to be the first part of a trilogy about genghis khan, and initial work on the second part began in 2008. the trilogy project was eventually put on the shelf, but in july 2013, during a visit to the annual naadam festival in ulan bator, bodrov told the press that the production of the sequel had started, and that it may be shot in mongolia, as had been the intention for mongol, before local protests, fearing that the film would not correctly portray the mongolian people and its national hero, genghis khan, caused the shooting to move to inner mongolia and kazakhstan.
mongol (монгол), also known as mongol: the rise of genghis khan in the united states and mongol: the rise to power of genghis khan in the united kingdom, is a 2007 russian semi-historical epic film directed by sergei bodrov, about the early life of temüjin, who later came to be known as genghis khan. the storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by bodrov and arif aliev. it was produced by bodrov, sergei selyanov and anton melnik and stars tadanobu asano, sun honglei and chuluuny khulan in the main roles. mongol explores abduction, kinship and the repercussions of war. the film was a co-production between companies in russia, germany and kazakhstan. filming took place mainly in the people's republic of china, principally in inner mongolia (the mongol autonomous region), and in kazakhstan. shooting began in september 2005, and was completed in november 2006. after an initial screening at the russian film festival in vyborg on 10 august 2007, mongol was released in russia on 20 september 2007. it saw a limited release in the united states on 6 june 2008 grossing $ 5.7 million in domestic ticket sales. it additionally earned nearly 21 million in sales through international release for a combined $ 26.5 million in gross revenue. the film was a minor financial success after its theatrical run, and was generally met with positive critical reviews. the film was nominated for the 2007 academy award for best foreign language film as a submission from kazakhstan. the film is intended to be the first part of a trilogy about genghis khan, and initial work on the second part began in 2008. the trilogy project was eventually put on the shelf, but in july 2013, during a visit to the annual naadam festival in ulan bator, bodrov told the press that the production of the sequel had started, and that it may be shot in mongolia, as had been the intention for mongol, before local protests, fearing that the film would not correctly portray the mongolian people and its national hero, genghis khan, caused the shooting to move to inner mongolia and kazakhstan.