faintheart and I got to see a preview of the fantastic Russian film Nochnoy Dozor, which is being released in the US these two years later by Fox Searchlight as Night Watch.I use the word fantastic advisedly, as it is dark fantasy/horror, and I found it enjoyable and well-made. It is the first of a trilogy, and the second film is completed and opened in Russia on 1 January 2006.
It's a very dynamic film, very kinetic. They do some innovative things with the subtitles that I was very impressed with, and have not seen anywhere else before.
It's the archetypical battle between the forces of light and darkness, but with a view closer to the yin/yang symbol (a speck of light in darkness, a hint of shadow in the light) than the usual annoying absolutes.
I'd like to go back and see it again when it is in wide release, I think.
