
Soviet Union

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Abyssinia isn't really a 'movie' in the way we usually talk about them. There's no dramatic arc, no big reveal, and honestly, the editing feels like someone just sort of laid the reels out on a table and picked them up in a random order. 🏜️You just kind of exist inside the fram...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Vladimir Yeshurin

Claude Friese-Greene
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"I don't know who needs to hear this, but Abyssinia isn't really a 'movie' in the way we usually talk about them. There's no dramatic arc, no big reveal, and honestly, the editing feels like someone just sort of laid the reels out on a table and picked them up in a random order. 🏜️You just kind of exist inside the frame with Vladimir Yeshurin and Boris Zeitlin. It reminded me a bit of the aimless, drifting energy you find in Vagabonding on the Pacific, where the point isn't to get anywhere, but ..."

