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This looks great. Relatedly, Werner Herzog made a documentary on the Taiga: "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/ https:/

This looks great. Relatedly, Werner Herzog made a documentary on the Taiga: "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/

virgulino 4y ago
Thank you. What Herzog did was re-edit and put his own narration on the original Russian Happy People, a 4-part documentary. I like the original much better, I think of it as the authentic view, while Herzog's version is the typical old German hippie looking at an alien world (and I love Herzog!). Still, I found it very interesting to see both versions. The original 4-part documentary, with English narration, is available on the original Russian director's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fbhPIK-oBvA https://youtu.be/fbhPIK-oBvA https://youtu.be/dIdHG9zyrtE https://youtu.be/dIdHG9zyrtE https://youtu.be/MnAF_amhups https://youtu.be/MnAF_amhups https://youtu.be/wjCs8qi3R0U https://youtu.be/wjCs8qi3R0U
- 3d3456 4y ago
  > a 4-part documentary. I like the original much better, I think of it as the authentic view, It may be better than herzog's version, but it's still inauthentic propaganda. A better view would be a youtube/tiktok/etc of an ordinary person living in the area. It still is limited, but far more authentic and real than any documentary. There are lots to hate about social media is one of the positive aspects is the ability to follow people's authentic lives across the world in their vlogs, etc. One of my favorite documentaries was the 7-up series. But with social media, it killed any and all enthusiasm I had for the series because social media exposed it as manufactured and inauthentic view of one man. Better to follow brits on social media to get a better understanding of british life.
  - 4gotunameagain 4y ago
    So every single thing produced by Russians now is considered propaganda ? The original film was co-created by the nephew of Andrei Tarkovsky. With this point of view. Every single motion piece is propaganda. Every single social media post. It is impossible to not impregnate your creation with elements of what you dream to create. There is no such thing as following people's authentic lives, unless you stalk someone 24/7 with a camera, and post the complete footage, unadulterated, without cuts or edits.
    - jvican 4y ago
      +1. Btw I’m excited that the nephew of Tarkovsky made this documentary - I’ll definitely watch it!
- holografix 4y ago
  This is one of my fav documentaries and I had no idea there was an “extended version”. Thanks for sharing!
remindedmeofdu 4y ago
That reminded me of this Akira Kurosawa movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film)

This looks great. Relatedly, Werner Herzog made a documentary on the Taiga: "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683876/

virgulino 4y ago

Thank you. What Herzog did was re-edit and put his own narration on the original Russian Happy People, a 4-part documentary. I like the original much better, I think of it as the authentic view, while Herzog's version is the typical old German hippie looking at an alien world (and I love Herzog!). Still, I found it very interesting to see both versions. The original 4-part documentary, with English narration, is available on the original Russian director's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fbhPIK-oBvA https://youtu.be/fbhPIK-oBvA https://youtu.be/dIdHG9zyrtE https://youtu.be/dIdHG9zyrtE https://youtu.be/MnAF_amhups https://youtu.be/MnAF_amhups https://youtu.be/wjCs8qi3R0U https://youtu.be/wjCs8qi3R0U

3d3456 4y ago
> a 4-part documentary. I like the original much better, I think of it as the authentic view, It may be better than herzog's version, but it's still inauthentic propaganda. A better view would be a youtube/tiktok/etc of an ordinary person living in the area. It still is limited, but far more authentic and real than any documentary. There are lots to hate about social media is one of the positive aspects is the ability to follow people's authentic lives across the world in their vlogs, etc. One of my favorite documentaries was the 7-up series. But with social media, it killed any and all enthusiasm I had for the series because social media exposed it as manufactured and inauthentic view of one man. Better to follow brits on social media to get a better understanding of british life.
- 4gotunameagain 4y ago
  So every single thing produced by Russians now is considered propaganda ? The original film was co-created by the nephew of Andrei Tarkovsky. With this point of view. Every single motion piece is propaganda. Every single social media post. It is impossible to not impregnate your creation with elements of what you dream to create. There is no such thing as following people's authentic lives, unless you stalk someone 24/7 with a camera, and post the complete footage, unadulterated, without cuts or edits.
  - jvican 4y ago
    +1. Btw I’m excited that the nephew of Tarkovsky made this documentary - I’ll definitely watch it!
holografix 4y ago
This is one of my fav documentaries and I had no idea there was an “extended version”. Thanks for sharing!

remindedmeofdu 4y ago

That reminded me of this Akira Kurosawa movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film)