The Gun (From 6 to 7:30 p.m.)

The Gun in my opinion is a very important piece of filmmaking that I fear may be slightly misunderstood to the general viewing audience. Upon reflection Alenikov and Company had quite a few obstacles to overcome which they did. One shooting a film in real time. The story takes place in 1.5 hours and therefore the film is 1.5 hours. Second and the most difficult is only 15 scenes using one steady cam to capture all of the action in one continuous shot. Now thats tough. It's more like directing a live play but then with the added difficulty of having to add the camera and lights so that the flow is natural and so is the look. This is what impressed me more than anything. Alenikov is truly an artist. I don't think many directors whose names are recognized today could have pulled it off the way he did.

This film is a must see for any aspiring director and/or DP and even actor who wants to see how someone thinks out of the box in approaching a film. Very interesting stuff. I would like to get a copy of this film so I can review each scene and see exactly how he did it. When I originally watched it I kept finding myself asking "How did he do that?" "Where are the lights?" It was pretty impressive.

Definately see this film and don't forget what the preperation is to pull something like this off. I'd love to see what Alenikov could do with a big budget.

-Cyb :)

I thought this film was absolutely amazing. I haven't seen such a brilliantly made film in a very long time. It represents what filmmaking is really all about. I'm sure this film will become very successful and known all over the world winning numerous awards. I can't wait for Vladimir Alenikov's new works of brilliance.

Great! I am 100% agree with the President of Montreal World Film Festival Serge Losique who told: "The Gun" will be a great cult movie". What a movie!

I saw the movie twice in one day and I saw that the cinema language is definitely changing - technically and aesthetically. Good job, guys! Jimmy Dalt - professional

In my opinion "The Gun From 6 to 7:30 p.m." is a really great movie, technically and artistically professional (I agree with Cyb).

I have been affected from the beginning for the whole duration: utmost visual realistic and truthful story.

Audience is drawing into a real life (like a documentary). It's a true people' life-story, not fiction, consistently engaging and intriguing because of the real-time: talented independent filmmakers taste us with the ordinary reality of what is really going on, and it's make us ponder about the cost of human's life... The Gun is like a delay-action bomb - very outspoken, philosophical, and lamentable movie. If you are interested in the type of art-style, slowly-driven, and very professional film - see The Gun.

krustar@yahoo.com (KK, Actress/Producer)

Vladimir Alenikov's The Gun is a brilliant fiction take on the necessary evils and possibly deadly consequences of gun "ownership". Shot in 15 simple real-time takes, it quietly follows the gun through various people's hands over the course of 1 1/2 hours, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. It's like a "road movie" for a pistol which is found by a biker and pawned to the next slime bucket and misplaced by yet another directionless loser. Critics at the Montreal film festival disliked the "losers" element and found it difficult to connect to the cold, often listless characters such as the typical musician who can be summed up by the old joke: what do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless. Characters both related and unrelated to each other are as intentionally disparate at the disengaged family members in Pasolini's Teorama. This brilliant fiction tale borders on the anti-gun sentiments in the Oscar-winning doc, Bowling for Columbine, yet its one female character (the protagonist's wife, Anna) has a stalker which makes one realize that guns are often a necessary evil in America, despite Michael Moore's convincing diatribe. The story unspools as slowly as Teorama which would be a detractor for action-seekers and a plus for those inclined to a deeper understanding of guns in America. And there is an incredibly erotic banana-eating scene that is worth the wait even you're an action buff. Terrific U.S. outing for Russian exile, writer, editor and director, Vladimir Alenikov. -- suze (former Variety film critic and current communications consultant)