Carta desde Siberia

A mostly dull documentary about a mostly dull place, ill served by narration that strives to be cute, rather than informative. The art of the indigenous people is the "good stuff." Chris Marker wastes no time in ridiculing a Soviet made automobile, that, according to the same footage shown over and over again, does what any automobile does: moves forward as the wheels turn. In 1958, one supposes that Marker might have been considered "pink" if he had failed to affect this mocking tone.