Notes from the New World

I happened to see Notes From The New World some time ago when I visited Athens, Greece and was invited by a friend (a long time Dostoevsky fan) to make a short journey to a film festival in Corinth … I do recall that I was pleasantly surprised by liking the film so much. It was a clever, modern American adaptation of a European classic book with an intriguing plot where nothing is what it seems like at first. Back home I thought about this movie from time to time… There was some good acting and production design – especially the use of colors (particularly red – in different combinations) but more importantly I felt an enigma in it that I couldn't explain. So I've decided to read Notes From The Underground by Dostoevsky but couldn't manage to finish the book… I stopped in the middle then and returned to it just recently when I got a virus (probably in the gym) and fell sick and spent about a week in bed. Somehow I returned to the reading of "Notes"" and this time was fascinated by the book. Evidently, it was easier to watch this film than to read (for the first time!..) the source (Dostoevsky's book) but after reading the book I thought that I understood the film better – it had the same depth of feelings representing a rich and complex picture of the absurdity and pleasure of our existence and therefore the movie was faithful to the book in this sense. That's how I recalled the nice time I spent in Greece with a friend and I recalled the movie that we both liked… I was curious to know what happened with it so I googled it on my laptop and found this page and decided to leave a note about my feelings. Unfortunately – while using Google again I couldn't locate a DVD of this film. Apparently the movie wasn't released yet. Will wait.