PATRIOT MONTH #7: Russian Ark, by Alexander Sokurov (2002)
/Shot in a single, 96-minute-long take, Russian Ark is a visually remarkable film about the Russian Hermitage museum and its role as a guardian of culture and history.
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Patriotism is more than just pride in your country, it's pride in the ideals behind your country. Without those ideals, a country is just an arbitrary mass of land and people, and a flag is just a piece of cloth. The following culture recommendations are expressions of patriotism, not just from America, but from around the world.
Patriotism is more than just pride in your country, it's pride in the ideals behind your country. Without those ideals, a country is just an arbitrary mass of land and people, and a flag is just a piece of cloth. The following culture recommendations are expressions of patriotism, not just from America, but from around the world.
Shot in a single, 96-minute-long take, Russian Ark is a visually remarkable film about the Russian Hermitage museum and its role as a guardian of culture and history.
Read MoreChinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei uses a sea of 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds to show what he loves and loathes about his homeland.
Read MoreBringing folk and blues music into the age of psychedelic rock, Willy and the Poor Boys is an accessible album that celebrates uniquely American sounds.
Read MoreA black comedy created out of nostalgia for the former Yugoslavia, Underground follows the birth and death of a country through the eyes of a group of people living in a basement and the couple who keeps them there.
Read MoreLa Marseillaise's marching tune belies lyrics that point to the struggles of the bloody French Revolution.
Read MoreTelling the story of how Indians adopted cricket in their struggle against colonialism, Lagaan is a crowd-pleasing epic musical and a great intro to Bollywood cinema.
Read MoreAt the heart of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a crazy what-if story: what if an honest man became a politician?
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