The Desert of Forbidden Art is a sweeping look at decades of Soviet repression of the arts and Igor Savitsky's one man campaign to rescue 40,000 works of banned politically volatile artists. In complete defiance of the regime, he creates in a remote desert of Uzbekistan one of the most important collections of Russian art.... (Full plot summary below)
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The Desert of Forbidden Art is a sweeping look at decades of Soviet repression of the arts and Igor Savitsky's one man campaign to rescue 40,000 works of banned politically volatile artists. In complete defiance of the regime, he creates in a remote desert of Uzbekistan one of the most important collections of Russian art.
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| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranTells a tale that is stranger than fiction several times over. Viewers of this remarkable documentary will be astonished at not only what this art looks like and why it's forbidden, but also where it is and how it got there. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyIt's a must-see for anyone interested in art. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe filmmakers found an appealing collection of relatives and others who knew these artists and Savitsky to tell the story, but they also let the art do the talking, with loving, lingering shots of the brightly colored works. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyAbsorbing documentary is a natural for artscasters. |
| Boston GlobeTom RussoIn The Desert of Forbidden Art, documentarians Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev offer some background on the late Savitsky, a painter who initially collected ethnic folk art quashed by the Stalin regime. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonDoes an admirable job of telling the stories of the obsessive Savitsky and other important Soviet artists, such as Alexander Volkov, Aleksei Rybnikov and Mikhail Kurzin. |
| Boxoffice MagazineEd SchiedThis impressive documentary on rarely seen art will have strong appeal for art aficionados. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfAs brought to life in the stentorian tones of Ben Kingsley, the curator comes off like a driven visionary, but his actual efforts aren't dramatized enough. The paintings speak more articulately: doomy, dank colors and oppressive shapes. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoSadly, with the Soviet Union gone, the art faces a new enemy: Islamic extremists. |
