简介：Withregardtothisoddandexperimentalblack-and-whiteRussianfilm,looselybasedontheAlexeiTolstoyshortstoryTheVampire'sFamily,thedirectorsays:"ThisisachronicleofthedeathofFatherFrost"(theRussianequivalentofSantaClaus)"orratheranannouncementofit.Necrocreativityinspiresaspecialstateoffeelings,mindandspirit...Whatisit?Theconclusionisnotobvious,buthereitis--onewantstothinkitover--necrorealismishumanism."Inthestory,thesharplycontrastinglivesoftwobrothersarecompared.Oneofthem,abiologist,isareasonable,scientificandrationalman,fascinatedbytheworkingsofnaturalprocesses.Perhapsheisevenabittoothoughtful.Theotheriscompletelygivenovertohisinstinctsandlivesinthecountrywithhiswifeandchild,livingdirectlyfromhisfeelings.Momentsofviolence,horror,andaberrantsexuality(S&Mandbondage)areinterspersedwithimagesofgreatspaciousnessandbeautyandtheevocationofdarkmoods.SomecriticscompareditsvisualstyletothatofthelateAndreiTarkovsky,whileitexploresathoughtterritorythatisuniquelyitsown. ~ClarkeFountain,AllMovieGuide…