THE ASCENT Select-Scene Commentary
THE ASCENT Select-Scene Commentary

THE ASCENT Select-Scene Commentary

Supplemental202133 min

In this program, created in 2020, film scholar Daniel Bird compares several scenes from THE ASCENT with their counterparts in Vasil Bykov’s 1970 novella “Sotnikov,” which inspired Larisa Shepitko’s film, and examines the way the film makes use of Alfred Schnittke’s score.

  • The Ascent

    The Ascent

    19771 hr 49 min