{"id":1111,"date":"2020-05-01T04:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T04:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2020-05-01T04:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T04:27:50","slug":"annas-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/sbell2\/annas-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Films like\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anna<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are always striking. The significant events of life and the world are often seen through the harsh, and often pessimistic, eyes of an adult. Using a child, however, gives a more pure and maybe more honest perspective. The eye of a child offers a unique perspective on huge events such as the ones happening in the Soviet Union during Anna&#8217;s life. We can see not only the development and change in Russia but the observations and insights a young girl offers. In a way, viewers can see two transformations. We see the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia, and we see Anna&#8217;s transformation from an innocent child to an introspective young woman. Mikhail&#8217;s skill in filmmaking is apparent, as he can intertwine Anna&#8217;s answers into the perfect spot, surrounded by actual footage to compare and contrast to Anna&#8217;s perspective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As Anna grows up, it is also apparent to see her notice of structural changes and flaws in her country. Most young people go through this awakening, as they see the flaws in their nation. There becomes a desire to fix things for their future and the generations following them. I found the film to be especially powerful as Anna cried in the last scene while talking about her future, her fears, and her feelings. It becomes apparent that Anna is patriotic and wants her country to change for the better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Films like\u00a0Anna\u00a0are always striking. The significant events of life and the world are often seen through the harsh, and often pessimistic, eyes of an adult. Using a child, however, gives a more pure and maybe more honest perspective. The eye of a child offers a unique perspective on huge events such as the ones happening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unit-12-perestroika-and-the-new-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}