CriterionCast

Episode 126 – Mikhail Kalatozov’s Letter Never Sent

This time on the podcast, Ryan and Travis are joined by West Anthony to discuss  Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1959 film,  Letter Never Sent.

About the film:

The great Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov, known for his virtuosic, emotionally gripping films, perhaps never made a more visually astonishing one than Letter Never Sent. This absorbing tale of exploration and survival concerns the four members of a geological expedition, who are stranded in the bleak and unforgiving Siberian wilderness while on a mission to find diamonds. Luxuriating in wide-angle beauty and featuring one daring shot after another (the brilliant cinematography is by Kalatozov’s frequent collaborator Sergei Urusevsky), Letter Never Sent is a fascinating piece of cinematic history and a universal adventure of the highest order.

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Ryan Gallagher

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