简介：AnanimatedhistoryofthecityofMoscow,includingtheNaziinvasion,madetohonorofthecity’s800thanniversary. VladimirPaperny(writerandculturalhistorian):Whenwelookatthisfilmaboutthe800thanniversaryofthecityofMoscow,what’samazingisthatit’sdoneinthepainterlystyleofthe19thCenturyrealism,almostlikeRepinandLevitan.Everythingispaintedinthisrealisticmanner.Andthensomehowthereisanalmostseamlesstransitionfromthisstyletoactualcolorphotographsand35mmcolorfilm.ThatsuggeststhattherealisminthepaintingwasalmostthesamewayastheysawitintheearlyRenaissance. Theobjectofpaintingistotricktheviewer,tomaketheviewerbelievethatwhatheorsheislookingatisreallife.That’swhywhentheycutfromtheanimatedrealisticpaintingtocolorphotographorcolorfilmwedon’tseeanycontradiction.Itisjustanaturaltransition.Nowwhenyoulookatthefilmsofthe70s,youseesomecarefulattemptstobringsomemodernisminto[theseideologicalfilms];youcanseesome impressionistictouches,somekindofsemi-avant-gardeattempts,verymodest,verycareful.butit’sthere.…