Satan’s Limbo

Alexander Sokurov’s Fairytale

MICHAEL SICINSKI

Film festival politics being what they are, many were surprised when Alexander Sokurov’s new feature, Fairytale, was announced as premiering in competition at Locarno. Sokurov, the grand old master of Russian cinema, has had numerous films debut in competition at Berlin, Cannes, and Venice. In 2011, he even took the Golden Lion for Faust, easily one of his most grotesque and unwatchable films. Point being, if Sokurov was screening in Locarno (which, incidentally, was the first Western festival to premiere his work, with The Lonely Voice of Man [1987]), chances are good that the other festivals took a pass on his latest. This, in turn, raised more direct questions about the relationship between film festivals and “politics” in the more general sense. In Screen, Sokurov claimed that Cannes invited and…

You're reading a preview of

Cinema Scope (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 92- Fall 2022

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.