It is reportedly a big success in Japan (and the two Mongolian sumo grand champions watched it) - no doubt thanks to a Japanese actor playing the main character. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I can't find Brother 2 at all! No place has it for rent. And the places selling it only have it in PAL format and without subtitles.
I'd be happy if I could rent it without subtitles. But not buy it, and certainly not in some problematic format. gah. "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
BTW, I just now realised that the main character of Brat - as well as Prisoner of the Caucasus - is THE SON of the director of Prisoner of the Caucasus! Heh. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I see Oleg Menchikov is in Prisoner of the Caucasus (called Prisoner of the Mountains here.) I do like Oleg Menchikov... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
called Prisoner of the Mountains here
Hm. All I can think of as a reason, did some stupid distributor thought potential viewers would be even more geographically stupid than him?... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Bodrov is the real-life father of the actor in Brother, right? I am seriously bummed to hear about his death... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Apparently, it was a truly trans-Eurasian project, with actors also from Mongolia, China and Japan; it had German co-producers and lots of crew, the score was by a Finn, one cameraman was Dutch... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
