Matrixston
Wow! Such a good movie.
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
He_who_lurks
While this documentary is certainly not what's going to impress nor interest the people of today, for the time it was made this is pretty good. The photography, as Snow Leopard has pointed out, is simply beautiful and well-done, and practically every scene in here has a pan of the camera to capture more. The views are also good. Sometimes the scenes are just beautiful, and other times they are historic. It doesn't matter. Today, it might not be of much interest to anyone but historians or film buffs, but for the time the people in France (it was produced by Pathe Freres despite being made by a German) must have found it interesting to see sights from across the world. I am not sure if IMDb's year is right or not--Kino's "The Movies Begin" DVD set claims it was shot in 1908. In any case it's impressive for either date. (Note: Note that lots of the people featured here stare stupidly at the camera, curious what it's doing there. They knew nothing of filmmaking, and weren't used to people filming them).
Olga Romashka
Winter Moscow one of the most finest seats on the Earth, as well as Russia, It is not dependent, in what to year it removed also who removed, whether it be Russian The person or people foreign. And nevertheless only to Russian heart It is allowed to touch this captivating beauty. As the Ampere-second has written. Пушкин.:... Moscow as is a lot of in this sound // For heart of Russian Has merged! // As it is a lot of in it has responded! Though presently many think Itself great photographers or directors, artists, which ostensibly It is possible to something to present under new ' angle ' and to receive new ' a masterpiece '. But in it there is no sincerity, talent and feeling. I very much ask, if who Wishes to embody and show Moscow on the staff, on a film, on a canvas, Study to it, even look ' Moscow under a snow ' (1909).
JoeytheBrit
This is really quite a beautiful film with some incredibly impressive cinematography for the time. Featuring scenes from a snow-covered Moscow, we are treated to shots of various parts of the city which capture the vibrancy and variety that can be found at any time in any city. Of course, as this film is over one hundred years old it gives us a glimpse into a world that would normally be lost to us. This was a world in which the Romanovs still ruled and cars, although invented, were still things that belonged in the future.While the shots of Moscow's remarkable architecture are fascinating, it's the scenes in which we meet the city's residents that are the most entertaining. Today, they would mug and wave while they talked to their mates on their mobiles, but in this simple age they simply stare at the camera with frank curiosity. One chap enters from stage left so quickly and so suddenly you can almost see him vibrating like a plucked string when he comes to a stop.
jack-260
Run segment 4 first, then segment 1 (the first half, up to where the column of soldiers passes the broken bell) and it could almost be the introduction to a James Bond spy thriller. Didja notice in segment 2 (just after the mushroom market scene) that even in those days there were both hams and people who were camera-shy?
