InSkazka, AlexanderSokurovweavesdigitalmagictocreateaphantasmagoricalvisionoftheAfterlife, worthyofDante.Butwait:areweinthelimboofPurgatory, oraparadoxicalParadisereservedfornotoriousmenofworldhistory?Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Churchillandmore:allarepresentandaccountedfor.Sincetheyexistonlyasarchivalmediaimages, eachfigurecomesinaserialset.Intheblackestofpoliticalcomedies, thesefallenmenbeg, inturn, tobeletthroughHeaven’sGate–buttheangelswhopeekthroughneveropenwide.Littlewonder, astheformerleaderswanderlistlessly, bitching(inaBabelofmultiplelanguages)abouteachother’sclothes, hairandhygiene.Inwhatiseffectivelyaworkofanimation, Sokurovhaspulledtogethermanytalentsintoanextraordinarytechnologicalfeat.Itblendspictorialelementsfromarthistorytoformanendlesslyunfoldinglandscape, repletewithfogandghostlyarmiesofthesacrificedvictimsofhistory.AnnouncedasSokurov’slastfilm, SkazkaisaninspiredriffonthehighcultureofPeterGreenawaymixedwiththelowcultureofmash-upartistsSoda_Jerk.CanwenowexpectsomeentrepreneurtobringustheinteractiveSkazkavideogame?源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/skazka