Thanks so much for the "heads-up" on this movie. I have never heard of it and am looking forward to seeing it. Is it in Russian with sub-titles?

I do hope that all here watch it as I believe all will enjoy it greatly.

It was Tatyana Samoylova's first major screen role and it was the only role for which she won International awards. She is indeed perfect in it.

Oh, Cranes Are Flying is a beautiful movie. Heartbreaking. I saw it last time it was on TCM, several years ago and wished I had recorded it. It's amazing to me that it's not a better known film here. The leading actress is just superb.

I wish to warn all of a major evil which has appeared on the Internet.

It is GeoGuesser at:
http://geoguessr.com/

It appears to be a simple and harmless amusement to guess the location shown by a random Google streetview. You can rotate the view to find clues by clicking on the view and dragging it to show from all angles. You then pick the location on a map. It shows then how far from real you were and gives you points for being close. A 'game' is five guesses.

This is evil. I thought to do one game. An hour later I thought to do only one more. I was not able to wrest free from its clutches until an hour and half later!

I can say only in defense of some of my errors that many people from Ireland moved to Australia and it is to be expected their housing should look very much alike and that people in Brazil and New Zealand are likely also to have much in common.

I agree, I always thought it was a terrible movie.

it was refreshing to see something truly unique and i'm grateful to you for posting it. i would never have come across it, otherwise, i'm sure.


definitely---i can only imagine the discipline and time it took the artist to get to that point.


She was perfect, and I thought perhaps it was a traditional piece of performance art, too.


me, too, especially if it's yul brynner!

It makes me very happy that you like it.

I believe it touches me deeply because it must be done so very delicately while it involves such great weight. I know of no way to calculate it but I believe the parts must exceed eighty pounds.

I see in it great concentration, balance, delicacy, artistry and strength.

I have searched and I can find no history of it. It seems to me that a work which is based on such a simple concept should be part of some culture's traditional art. I know I am reaching into a stereotype to feel that it is appropriate that she is Oriental. There are men who perform the same and they do not strike me as appropriate even although I do like watching athletic men who are bare-chested performing graceful routine.