Cruel Illness of Men (1989)
Under a score of abbreviated drones and freeform woodwinds, the Aleinikov brothers cut together a series of images, found and made, that look unfailingly bleak, industrial or both bleak and industrial: disused factories, clunky utilitarian machinery, strings of unsettlingly young violinists, old-timey group portraits with everyone's eyes scratched out. Interspersed are less overtly sinister but somehow eerier snatches of action, like a circling brood of crude stop-motion mice or a bunch of little wooden people chopping wood and sawing logs, all differently affected by the vagaries time and the physical world foist onto film stock.
Director: Gleb Aleynikov, Igor Aleynikov
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 10 min
Release Date: December 28, 1989
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cruel Illness of Men about?
- Under a score of abbreviated drones and freeform woodwinds, the Aleinikov brothers cut together a series of images, found and made, that look unfailingly bleak, industrial or both bleak and industrial: disused factories, clunky utilitarian machinery, strings of unsettlingly young violinists, old-timey group portraits with everyone's eyes scratched out. Interspersed are less overtly sinister but somehow eerier snatches of action, like a circling brood of crude stop-motion mice or a bunch of little wooden people chopping wood and sawing logs, all differently affected by the vagaries time and the physical world foist onto film stock.
- Who directed Cruel Illness of Men?
- Cruel Illness of Men was directed by Gleb Aleynikov, Igor Aleynikov.
- How long is Cruel Illness of Men?
- Cruel Illness of Men has a runtime of 10m (10 minutes).
- What genre is Cruel Illness of Men?
- Cruel Illness of Men is a Drama film.
- Where was Cruel Illness of Men produced?
- Cruel Illness of Men was produced in Soviet Union.