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5 unusual facts about Russian Ark


Aleksander Griboyedov

Griboedov's death is mentioned in the 2002 Russian film Russian Ark.

Digital movie camera

Two lesser-known movies, Vidocq (2001) and Russian Ark (2002), had also previously been shot with the same camera, the latter notably consisting of a single long take (no cuts).

Progressive segmented frame

It is employed in HDCAM and XDCAM video cameras, including the HDW-F900 CineAlta camera which was used by George Lucas for creating Star Wars, Episode 2, and by Alexander Sokurov for creating Russian Ark fully in the digital domain.

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2003

Russian Ark (better late than never to honor a brilliant, innovative film released too late to honor in 2002)

Seesa

Seesa is the remake of Tamil film Agadam which has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest uncut film which has a running time for 2 hours, 3 minutes and 30 seconds, a first in world cinema.i This film also beat the record held by Russian Ark, which used a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot.



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