Turksib (film)
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| Directed by | Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin |
| Written by | Yakov Aron Aleksandr Macheret Viktor Shklovsky Victor A. Turin |
| Cinematography | Boris Frantsisson Yevgeni Slavinsky |
Production company | Vostokkino |
Release dates | May 24th, 1930 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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Turksib (Russian: Турксиб) is a 1930 Soviet documentary film directed by Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin documenting the building of the Turkestan–Siberia Railway.[1] The rail line stretched northeast from Tashkent to Almaty and on to Novosibirsk. The film contrasts the open desert and sand, with the order of rails and movement of machines.[2] The Turkic people ride horses and camels and rear sheep. This drama is set against the dry steppe as it is converted into a cotton growing region.
"Turksib" was particularly appreciated by the classic British and Canadian documentary filmmaker John Grierson, who prepared the English version of the picture.[3]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by the British Film Institute in 2011 as part of The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail, with a newly commissioned soundtrack by Guy Bartell of British group Bronnt Industries Kapital.[4][5]
References
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 260–261.
- ^ H.D. (December 1929). "Turksib". Close Up. Pool Group. pp. 488–492.
- ^ Jack C. Ellis, Betsy A. McLane. (2005). A new history of documentary film. New York, London: Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-8264-1751-5.
- ^ http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-soviet-influence-from-turksib-to-night-mail-dvd-bluray.html
- ^ http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/av73494
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