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BY THE LAW breaks down into several stylistically different parts, only one of which resembles the grotesque extravaganza of MR. WEST. Gone is Kuleshov's insistence on the straight-forward, plot-advancing shot. Gone is the idea of montage as a step-by-step elaboration of some process. Rather, the opening sequence slowly attunes the spectator to the atmosphere of the place, communicating the heaviness and anxiety hovering in the air.
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- Silent / Silent Drama
- International / Eurasian / Russian
- Drama / Tragedy
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
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