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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 833583" data-attributes="member: 2189">Watched &quot;The Last Station&quot; over the weekend, a historical drama of the last days of Leo Tolstoy starring Christopher Plummer as the great Russian writer.&nbsp; The film&#039;s title, noting Tolstoy&#039;s death at Astapovo train station, might in some sense seem to suggest it&#039;s a film about Tolstoy but instead it&#039;s more about Tolstoy&#039;s secretary Valentin Bulgakovin in the closing days of Tolstoy&#039;s life.&nbsp; This crumbling world as seen through Bulgakovin&#039;s eyes was a bit of a sad drama to the great mind that Tolstoy was.&nbsp; The brilliance and yet the madness of it all.Plummer&#039;s portrayal of Tolstoy was dramatic and he portrayed Tolstoy as both human and yet in humor as well.&nbsp; Helen Mirren who portrays the wife Sofya was incredible and she as well as Plummer were nominated for Oscars as a result.&nbsp; With all the conflict, the one scene I found most pointed and yet most human of their relationship would be what I&#039;d call the chicken scene in the bedroom.&nbsp; See the film and you&#039;ll understand.&nbsp; The conflict was there but deep in it all, peel away all the surface and the joy and love was still there.&nbsp; The closing scenes and Tolstoy&#039;s requests for Sofya as the end nears also proves this great love was much deeper that all the philosophic ideals.&nbsp; Thus the even greater tragedy of those who twisted to keep these 2 apart at the end.Really enjoyed the film!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 833583, member: 2189"] Watched "The Last Station" over the weekend, a historical drama of the last days of Leo Tolstoy starring Christopher Plummer as the great Russian writer. The film's title, noting Tolstoy's death at Astapovo train station, might in some sense seem to suggest it's a film about Tolstoy but instead it's more about Tolstoy's secretary Valentin Bulgakovin in the closing days of Tolstoy's life. This crumbling world as seen through Bulgakovin's eyes was a bit of a sad drama to the great mind that Tolstoy was. The brilliance and yet the madness of it all. Plummer's portrayal of Tolstoy was dramatic and he portrayed Tolstoy as both human and yet in humor as well. Helen Mirren who portrays the wife Sofya was incredible and she as well as Plummer were nominated for Oscars as a result. With all the conflict, the one scene I found most pointed and yet most human of their relationship would be what I'd call the chicken scene in the bedroom. See the film and you'll understand. The conflict was there but deep in it all, peel away all the surface and the joy and love was still there. The closing scenes and Tolstoy's requests for Sofya as the end nears also proves this great love was much deeper that all the philosophic ideals. Thus the even greater tragedy of those who twisted to keep these 2 apart at the end. Really enjoyed the film! [/QUOTE]

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