All or Nothing: A Moscow Detour

I loved this movie, and I wish I knew if Ms. Bloch is still writing or making films. My boyfriend and I are both creative professionals, and this movie does a great job of showing what a messy, uncontrollable smörgåsbord life (and art) can be. It also showed a talented young woman who is wise enough not to take herself and her work too seriously. That's something a lot of writers and artists a lot older than her should learn. I also thought the underlying story was very sweet, though perhaps this is because my relationship with my dad is not that great and I envied her. I ended up watching it twice because the first time the video had a few glitches. But watching it a second time I enjoyed it even more because I picked up on several things I missed the first time I watched.

I just left this comment on Google Video where this film is being marketed for a purchased download. I am not sure what the competition was like at those film festivals but this film is a good example of why beginning film makers should limit their films to competitions and not release them to the public especially if they accompany the film with self aggrandizing comments. I am a major Russiphile and even when viewing it from this standpoint the film is still about 80 min too long.

Here's my previous comment: I have seen this film twice at various film festivals. It is obviously the first work of a film maker and really has no structure or redeeming value other than to the filmmaker as a kind of vacation slide show. Sadly so many film makers think their first work should be as astounding to the audience as they are to the filmmaker. But just because this film is not that good doesn't mean that the filmmaker has no talent. According to IMDb the filmmaker has not made any more films since this one.