Le Conte du tsar Saltan

Evaluating this antiquated absurdity is indeed a tricky issue. This film is not a comedy, but rather an unintended parody. Naivety is ubiquitous and the entire film must be perceived with a huge amount of detachment. Moreover, I am truly convinced that what is amusing is the charm of the unintended. The only thing I perceive as an absolute positive is the visual aspects, i.e., the architect let loose, and the city as well as the palace look truly fairytale-like Russian. Nevertheless, the makeup artist probably received more money than the architect, because the tons of cosmetics consumed during filming must have drained the entire Russian cosmetics industry, so Soviet women again came up short. The Tsar comes across as an advertisement for homosexuality, and during his cute flirtation with the Tsarina, while they were singing, I began to feel that I was approaching the onset of an epileptic seizure. The squirrel dance and other poetic inserts must be seen, they simply cannot be translated. In the end, I will lean towards two diplomatic stars and an overall impression of 35%, because such bizarreness is not easily found. (07/02/2019)