tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post4076266303409695840..comments2023-04-08T08:12:58.485-06:00Comments on Petronia: OstrovBrigittehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01569758337352583476noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-23783697838365132312009-01-22T12:53:00.000-07:002009-01-22T12:53:00.000-07:00Well, you've made me want to watch this again. Ma...Well, you've made me want to watch this again. Maybe we'll have a treat and watch a movie with some popcorn tonight! Thanks! Hope all is well!::Sylvia::https://www.blogger.com/profile/14975937388439766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-27006002411926568522009-01-12T18:02:00.000-07:002009-01-12T18:02:00.000-07:00Also, unrelated note, but I've given you an award ...Also, unrelated note, but I've given you an <A HREF="http://catechumens-tale.blogspot.com/2009/01/award-really.html" REL="nofollow">award</A> :DTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232209481041145155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-43157234726116140272008-12-31T16:09:00.000-07:002008-12-31T16:09:00.000-07:00You hit the nail on the head there. God wills only...You hit the nail on the head there. God wills only what He will.<BR/><BR/>As for Anatoly and Tikhon, I dunno if it was macho attitudes. ;) It was most likely nervousness, since both men probably wanted to forget the past.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232209481041145155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-49367694651875401722008-12-30T13:36:00.000-07:002008-12-30T13:36:00.000-07:00I always thought that God just closed his eyes to ...I always thought that God just closed his eyes to that particular knowledge up until the end--perhaps that is what allowed him to reach such a level of humility and repentance. He only understood that Tikhon was alive when the girl told him her father's name and after looking at and talking with Tikhon himself. My husband noted that Anatoly didn't ask the girl her name but only asked her father's name (like he knew hers already but not the father's). <BR/><BR/>In the end, both he and Tikhon feigned ignorance although they both knew that, well, they both knew. I always figured that it is a guy-thing or something :)Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569758337352583476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-23602855126274362502008-12-30T10:48:00.000-07:002008-12-30T10:48:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed reading this, and I appreciate yo...I really enjoyed reading this, and I appreciate your thoughts. When I first saw the film it was at my church (actually Andy was there) and it was just before the Pascha fast and I had yet to be chrismated. It had a big impact on me in terms of learning about Orthodox spirituality.<BR/><BR/>I've always been interested in the relationship between Job and Anatoly. In particular near the end where Job shows Anatoly the lovely coffin he's had made for him, Anatoly puts it down because he wants something simpler, and Job gets upset, accusing Anatoly of pride. In many ways, he was right. I also liked one of the last shots, with Job literally carrying the cross designed for Anatoly.<BR/><BR/>One thing that always confused me though was the foreknowledge Anatoly had about his old captain, who he betrayed. It seems that for most of the film he thinks he's dead, then near the end he believes he's still alive and feigns ignorance when he's confessing his story.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232209481041145155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-36809091083441001862008-12-29T22:06:00.000-07:002008-12-29T22:06:00.000-07:00Thanks, guys, for your thoughts!"I wondered if I w...Thanks, guys, for your thoughts!<BR/><BR/>"I wondered if I would have enjoyed it as much if I didn't love you and Andrei and wasn't so interested in Russia and orthodoxy as a result."<BR/><BR/>Angela, I was actually wondering the same thing...how it is for a non-Orthodox viewer. We watched it once with a friend and, paraphrased, his two comments throughout were: "So are they trying to convert him (Anatoly) or something?" and "So it is basically about a crazy man." We tried to explain a little, but I don't think it helped. He just made me laugh. Our other friends seemed perhaps a bit perplexed throughout the movie and the ending kinda freaked them out.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01569758337352583476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-58532647189431405842008-12-29T21:39:00.000-07:002008-12-29T21:39:00.000-07:00I'm glad to read some of your thoughts and see tha...I'm glad to read some of your thoughts and see that I didn't miss as much as I thought I must have (because of the subtitles). I wondered if I would have enjoyed it as much if I didn't love you and Andrei and wasn't so interested in Russia and orthodoxy as a result. Yet, the film has stayed with me and many of the scenes are still very vivid in my memory. <BR/>I made some of the same observations but not all. I love your observation about the room where he was supposed to sleep. I also thought it interesting that an invitation to come to the "abbotry"? (is that a word?) to stay with the abbot was almost seen as horrifying idea to him. Why would he ever leave where he was called to work/live? Please don't make me leave! When I probably would have been complaining the entire time, and would jump at the chance to get out of there and to be closer to "greatness" by sharing a cell with the abbot. <BR/>I loved his assuredness, lack of doubt, and matter of fact way of sharing God's wisdom. I think this is where I fall short much of the time is in doubting God's word regarding my life and any wisdom he might be sharing on others' behalf. I believe that miracles are possible in this current time yet I believe that I limit God or at least deny him credit. <BR/>I still would love the Taraschuk commentary/translation as we watch sometime. <BR/>Thanks for sharing it with us.Angela Seelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045992988380882461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824105.post-25683126057064395392008-12-29T19:37:00.000-07:002008-12-29T19:37:00.000-07:00I'm glad I came across this. I was just discussin...I'm glad I came across this. I was just discussing this film with my spiritual father a couple of weeks ago, as he has not seen it. I think I need to buy this and go watch it with him :)<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the film overall, but I think I specifically enjoyed the relationship between the characters of Fr. Anatoly and the abbot. It was very much an illustration of love. Additionally, Fr. Anatoly's "antics" are great, because it makes me think of the types who complain about how Orthodoxy is too rigid and stuffy; I remember reading about a certain monk (the name escapes me now) who was held in high regard, yet he would do things like jump up and down on his bed when he had visitors so they would not take him too seriously.Andreas Houposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279848515954071078noreply@blogger.com