Preview: The Vanished Empire (2009)

Synopsis:

Three students in Moscow share their lives while the country they have grown up in begins to collapse.

• Poster: C+

Review:

This looks more like the cover of a direct-to-DVD movie than a serious art house flick. The colors aren't distracting, but the choice of images and positioning is too unbalanced.

• Trailer: C+

Review:

The description of the film that I read seems to be absent entirely from the preview, which had absolutely no subtitles, making it nearly impossible to know what was going on.

Oscar Prospects:

I could see Russia submitting the film, but I could also see the Academy ignoring it entirely.

Release Date:

• July 10, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (July 19, 2009) Original