The film is among the best and most original movies of the new century. Earlier this year director chad gracia won the sundance grand jury award for world documentary. While researching a secret soviet antenna at chernobyl, which interrupted global radio communications from 1976 1989, fedor alexandrovich uncovers a dark. The russian woodpecker is only valuable as entertainment, though the absence of any equivalent to the zapruder film or allegedly suspicious nasa photos means theres not much visual interest. Vibrating with a reckless creative urgency, the russian woodpecker is a call for political integrity lost long ago.
November 27, 2015 the payoff for more confounding moments in the film are staunch ideals that reveal themselves in little throwaway moments amid chaos. It was made in 2015 and sbs here has done subtitles so i could understand what it was about. The film itself is artistically beautiful, eerie and haunting, with an equally beautiful and haunting score. Watch the trailer for the documentary movie the russian woodpecker written and directed by chad gracia. The russian woodpecker team on living in a state of paranoia.
Rent the russian woodpecker 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd. The head of the atomic energy was a man that also was in charge of the duga 3 project and is the man that the russian woodpecker doco says was behind the cover up and possibly the order to go ahead with the test even thou the day shift had refused to do it for safety reasons at that time. The russian woodpecker 2015 stream and watch online. Apr 27, 2015 its known as the russian woodpecker, duga3, chernobyl2, and codenamed by nato as steel yard or steel works, and is a large radar facility located near chernobyl in ukraine. In a world in which some ruling states are armed and organised goliaths willing to kill those that protest about them, the russian woodpeckers heartfelt rebelliousness is a treasure for any. In this sundance grand jury prizewinning documentary, fedor ponders risking his life to aid the revolution by revealing his findings to the world. As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a ukrainian victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it. The russian woodpecker was a soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between july 1976 and december 1989the latter date marking the collapse of the communist regime in the soviet union.
The russian woodpecker official movie trailer 2015 hd youtube. The russian woodpecker often plays like a kubrick take on some awful situation like clockwork orange or dr. Ram devineni producer produced the russian woodpecker, which won the grand jury prize at the 2015 sundance film festival and was nominated for an independent spirit award. It is a massive facility, with antennas that are supposedly onehundredfifty meters high and fivehundred meters long and weighing fourteenthousand tons. The russian woodpecker is an example of a masterful documentary. Anyone who listened to shortwave radio or was a ham radio operator from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s will be familiar with a. A thrilling investigation into the ghosts of the soviet union and the mind of an irradiated ukrainian artist on a quest to discover the criminal behind the.
The russian woodpecker is a production of graciafilms, roast beef productions, and rattapallax. The russian woodpecker team on living in a state of paranoia, synergistic miracles, and more. Unforgettably eccentric artist fedor alexandrovich begins his quest by revealing to the world an enormous secret soviet weapon that stands in the shadow of chernobyl, and which kremlinologists in the 1980s. First time filmmaker chad gracia sees russian conspiracy theory transform into truth at the dark heart of director chad gracias messy, impassioned film lives a soviet saturated mystery decades old, unearthed by a ukrainian artist with a wild theory that links a massive cold war relic with the chernobyl. The russian woodpecker is a 2015 documentary film written, produced and directed by chad gracia following fedor alexandrovichs investigation into the. A thrilling investigation into the ghosts of the soviet union and the mind of an irradiated ukrainian artist on a quest to discover the criminal behind the chernobyl nuclear disaster. Aliya and vika are both attending the training camp currently underway at round lake. The russian woodpecker not an avian at all, the russian woodpecker was the vast, faceless and distant enemy of most of the users of shortwave radio in the western world for eight or nine years, beginning in 1976. The duga at chernobyl was the focus of the 2015 documentary film, the russian woodpecker, by chad gracia.
Bathe in the snark, talking to airplanes, ships, each other and all of a sudden, an enormous. The russian woodpecker team on living in a state of paranoia, synergistic miracles, and more daniel schindel november 5, 2015 fedor alexandrovich looks and. The russian woodpecker dvd, 2016 for sale online ebay. I have watched a few docos about the chernobyl disaster but i have never herd what i herd tonight and its bad. Winner of the sundance grand jury prize, the russian woodpecker approaches chernobyl from a slightly different vantage point. As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a ukrainian victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a. The russian woodpecker is the story of two countries that may have divided but who are still linked through their politics, exports and the ghosts that still wander the contaminated grounds of both chernobyl and the russian woodpecker. The russian woodpecker dvd, 2016 2 product ratings. The sundance film festival featured a particularly interesting and unique documentary by the name, the russian woodpecker, premiered captivating audiences and snagging the world cinema jury prize. The artist it follows, fedor alexandrovich, and his quest to uncover the ultimate reason behind the chernobyl reactor disaster of 1986 and its possible ties with the duga radar system the russian woodpecker, are very fun to watch. Prior to this feature screening, the docyard will present the short film all the presidents heads 8. The russian woodpecker is a 2015 documentary film written, produced and directed by chad gracia following fedor alexandrovichs investigation into the chernobyl disaster. Jan 24, 20 the russian woodpecker was a soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between july 1976 and december 1989the latter date marking the collapse of the communist regime in the soviet union.
Unforgettably eccentric artist fedor alexandrovich begins his. The assemblage of real time search and archival footage is a wonder to behold. Fedor alexandorich, a ukrainian victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster, is investigating the cause of the incident but is interrupted by the 2014 uprising in the ukraine. The russian woodpecker team on living in a state of. The russian woodpecker 2015 the russian woodpecker. Russian woodpecker wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The film premiered in the world cinema documentary competition at 2015 sundance film festival on 24 january 2015 and won the world cinema documentary grand jury prize at the festival. If the conspiracy suggested by chad gracias sundance prizewinning documentary, the russian woodpecker, turns out to indeed be true, it will have uncovered one of the most shockingly insidious genocides in human history. Considering the positive reception im sure itll be available online soon enough. Because that one hasnt been released on home media yet. The duga3 radar installation was known in the west as the russian woodpecker.
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The film premiered in the world cinema documentary competition at 2015 sundance film festival on 24 january 2015 and won the world. Nicknamed the woodpecker, the signal came from a massive array of antennas hidden deep in the woodstwo located near chernobyl in ukraine, and a third one on the russian pacific coast, near the island of sakhalnsk. Ablyazin, belyavskiy, paseka, and eremina will miss the camp to rest or see the doctor but melnikova will be present when she returns from her vacation in. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noisegiving rise to the woodpecker name. Director chad gracia follows the unforgettably eccentric artist fedor alexandrovich, who reveals to the world an enormous secret soviet weapon that stands in the shadow of chernobyl, which kremlinologists in the 1980s thought might be a giant mindcontrol device.
Duga nato reporting name steel yard was a soviet overthehorizon oth radar system used as part of the soviet abm earlywarning network. The system operated from july 1976 to december 1989. Watch the trailer for the documentary movie the russian woodpecker written and d. Artem ryzhykov is known for his work on the hydra 2019 and the russian woodpecker 2015. The russian woodpecker official movie trailer 2015 hd. Set in ukraine in the midst of social unrest and economic disparity, the documentary follows the story of a chornobyl survivor, an eccentric artist by. As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a ukrainian victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and. Oct 22, 2015 earlier this year director chad gracia won the sundance grand jury award for world documentary.
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The film includes interviews with the commander of the duga, vladimir musiets, as well as the vicecommander, the head of the data center, and others involved in. Rent the russian woodpecker 2015 on dvd and bluray. The russian woodpecker official movie trailer 2015 hd duration. Nov 05, 2015 the russian woodpecker team on living in a state of paranoia, synergistic miracles, and more daniel schindel november 5, 2015 fedor alexandrovich looks and acts the part of a modernday mystic. The russian woodpecker was a notorious soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between july 1976 and december 1989. His most recent film, the karma killings, about the nithari serial killings is out exclusively on. The massive russian radar site in the chernobyl exclusion zone. The russian woodpecker 2015 the russian woodpecker 2015.
The random frequency hops disrupted legitimate broadcast, amateur radio, and utility transmissions and resulted in thousands of complaints by many. As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a ukrainian victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his. Jan 28, 2015 the russian woodpecker is the story of two countries that may have divided but who are still linked through their politics, exports and the ghosts that still wander the contaminated grounds. Chad gracias first feature juggles ukrainianrussiansoviet history. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 hz, giving rise to the woodpecker name. Not only is the films subject, fedor alexandrovich, wholeheartedly.
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