From Russia with Film

Tonight duty to my day job called. When I'm not chasing the dream I work at an agency that represents commercial and film cinematographers. It pays the bills and has some lovely perks such as free screenings to independent films.

One such opportunity arose when a DP (Director of Photography) invited my boss to see an indy film that he had shot in Russia. She wasn't able to go to the screening, so I jumped at the chance to attend in her place.

The film, which just came off a grand tour of over 500 screenings throughout Russia, was now being shown stateside as a part of the Russian Film Festival. It turned out to be a Sci-Fi thriller which paid homage to one of my favorite shows, Heroes with elements of X-Men movies sprinkled in.

Even though there may have been a few things that were lost in translation, (I am of partial Russian descent, but don't speak a lick of it) it was cool to see this genre of Sci-Fi dealt with by Russian film makers.

Here's something I found quite amazing, it seems that an English-speaking lad got a hold of the Russian trailer and dubbed over the entire thing themselves. Curious? Check it out!