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No one who has watched Come and See, Elem Klimov’s legendary 1985 anti-war film, can forget the horrors at its climax. The entire movie is memorable: a nightmare manifested into reality, or ...
- They Used Live Ammunition During Filming
- The Audio Quality of The Movie Changes
- The Actor Playing Florya Went Through Hell
- Director Klimov Tried Hypnosis on Florya
- Come and See’s Picture Quality Is Dark and Gritty
- The Film’S Name Was Originally Kill Hitler
- Klimov Himself Experienced WWII
- Belarus Suffered More Than Any Country in WWII
- Spoiler – The Barn Scene Really Happened
Throughout the filming of Come and See, real bullets were used. At times, they flew just above the heads of actors, making their terrified looks genuine. And the scene where machine gun fire takes down a cow – that really happened.
After a nightmarish bombing scene, the main character, Florya, is deafened. Watching the movie, you’ll hear how the sound becomes muted and there is a faint ringing noise. On top of that, for the rest of Come and See, the audio quality drops – helping us enter the horrifying world on screen.
Aleksey Kravchenko, the teenage actor who played Florya, really went through hell while filming. Director, Elem Klimov, shot Come and Seein chronological order over a nine-month period. Comparing Kravchenko’s appearance from start to end of the film reflects what he went through. Kravchenko begins Come and Seeas a youthful, healthy boy. He ends it ...
Director, Elem Klimov, tried to have a psychotherapist hypnotize Kravchenko before the most violent scenes in Come and See. He was worried that these dreadful experiences would addle his young mind. As Klimov said in an interview (available on YouTube), “[Kravchenko’s acting] could have had a very sad ending. He could have landed in an insane asylu...
Come and Seewas shot entirely with natural lighting. Because of this, scenes shot in naturally darker locations, like in the forests, were captured with a faster-than-normal film stock. The result is that the film picture is dark and grainy. This gritty quality of the film pairs well with the grim subject matter it covers.
Originally, the movie was to be titled Kill Hitler. However, this was deemed inappropriate at the time. Instead, Klimov chose the title, Come and See, coming from the sixth chapter of the Book of Revelation. That bleak bible passage ends with the line: “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (Revelation 6:17 KJV).
Born and raised in Stalingrad, Elem Klimov was evacuated from the city as a boy, while the infamous WWII battle there was raging. In interviews, he confirmed that his wartime experience influenced Come and See. On top of that, his co-scriptwriter, Ales Adamovich, experienced WWII not dissimilarly from Come and See’s Florya. During WWII, Adamovich w...
Most people know that the Soviet Union had the greatest loss of life of any other nation during WWII. However, not everyone realizes that the worst hit Soviet republic in percentage terms was Belarus. According to Russian historian Vadim Erlikman’s book, Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke («Потери народонаселения в XX веке», or “Population loss in t...
Of all the shocking scenes in Come and See, the one that strains credulity the most is the horrifying church burning sequence. An SS brigade, with the help of local collaborators, rounds up an entire village into a church and burns them alive. However horrifying the sequence is, it contains no embellishment or exaggeration. This type of atrocity by...
Aug 30, 2022 · Why it's essential viewing. Building backward from the idea that "Every war movie is an anti-war movie," "Come and See" is one of the most intense war movies you'll ever see. Cinematographer Roger ...
Mar 6, 2020 · Review: ‘Come and See,’ the most surreally devastating of war films, remains a must-see on the big screen. By Justin Chang Film Critic. March 6, 2020 8:17 AM PT. “Come and See,” Elem ...
Sep 5, 2014 · Though no one could possible describe the experience of watching “Come and See” as a fun time, the film is nonetheless a masterpiece, worthy of consideration as not just the best war movie ever made, but also one of the greatest films ever made PERIOD. The following are just ten of the reasons why its legacy should be so honored: 1.
Jun 29, 2020 · Picture 10/10. The Criterion Collection presents Elem Klimov’s Come and See on Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1 on a dual-layer disc. The 1080p/24hz high-definition encode is sourced from a new 2K restoration performed by Mosfilm and scanned from the 35mm original negative. The restoration looks incredible and Criterion’s Blu ...
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Leaving in anger, Flyora steps on fallen eggs on the ground, crushing the developing birds. Glasha's mental state wants her to attach to Flyora but he's too young to understand and is focused on being a good soldier. They make due, survive the Nazi attack and spend some time being youthful and carefree.
