Sharunas Bartas - Koridorius aka The Corridor (1994)

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CICAE prize awarded "For the directing rigour, for the particular deep work on light and black and white, for the special care for the soundtrack, in a film that, even if without dialogues, desperately speaks. A devastating film that is courageously daring, letting only images speak."

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Koridorius is an attempt to envisage the contemporary state of Lithuania in post-communist depression. It is an intense experience, voyaging into the interior worlds of Bartas, (who appears throughout the film), his friends and people on the streets of the capital Vilnius. The film is intensely personal and moves enigmatically through time in an attempt to crystallise the present.

The structure is highly enigmatic and symbolic, but the tenderness present in the luminous black-and-white cinematography and the intimate rapport between the camera and subject make the film wholly enchanting. The desperation and despair of the characters is shrouded in affection, sympathy and compassion.

Koridorius can be seen as an act of mourning for what has been lost in Lithuanian society. The film moves from the early morning though the long day, witnessing events unfold out of the window of the apartment—the funeral and gatherings outside at night and the celebration inside—concluding with the aftermath and the beginning of a new day. One could tease out the details of its complex structure over many pages, but the innate beauty and mystery would not be diminished.

Special Artistic Achievement, Thessaloniki Film Festival 1995; C.I.C.A.E. Award Torino International Festival of Young Cinema 1995; FIPRESCI Prize Viennale 1995

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Sharunas Bartas - Koridorius aka The Corridor (1994)

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