Soviet film director best known for the 1985 film Come and See (Idi i smotri).

Elem Klimov (1933–2003) was a Soviet film director. He directed Come and See (Idi i smotri), widely regarded for its stark depiction of wartime atrocities.

A close reading of Elem Klimov's Come and See highlights its brutal, unsentimental depiction of war through a child's eyes. The review praises Klimov's sound design, close-ups and steadicam work, and the film's refusal of comforting conclusions. The final sequences — including the barn burning and the Mozart Lacrimosa — are described as indelible and nightmarish.

For:cinephiles, film students, historians interested in WWII and Soviet cinema

 Klimov touches the deepest sentiments and instincts, twists them, and throws them away without mercy.

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