Anna Karenina | Waltzing With Count Alexei Vronsky

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  • @cekava
    @cekava 2 года назад +9350

    I love the detail of Kitty's partners changing 10+ times during that waltz, so without them saying it they told us Anna and Vronsky dances just with each other a looong time, entire evening, so it makes eence why people react to them noticing they keep dancing without switching partners. Beautifully executived detail.

    • @plantsbyhailey8326
      @plantsbyhailey8326 2 года назад +379

      alone with the other dancers being frozen and then coming to life when they waltz past them!!

    • @LokiPii
      @LokiPii Год назад +360

      Yes! Back in that era, sharing more than 3 dances with the same person was considered imprudent and rather risqué. Hence the disapproving stares...

    • @bunnywavyxx9524
      @bunnywavyxx9524 Год назад +15

      @@plantsbyhailey8326 I love that detail! beautiful

    • @solyibrahim4224
      @solyibrahim4224 Год назад +12

      It's charming crazy love

    • @hanhanlon4441
      @hanhanlon4441 Год назад +79

      Yes!! I actually counted the dance partners, and you're right, it was at least 10! What makes this such a well executed scene is that, falling in love should be a beautiful dream, and it was for Anna and Vronsky, but from the perspective of Kitty, it was a nightmare.

  • @lettuce1552
    @lettuce1552 2 года назад +5900

    This is so random but I love how Kitty's first dance partner notices she's distracted and says "where do you want to be taken?" And delivers her there with such grace, it's so endearing! You don't have to be romantically intvested to be charming with someone

    • @Lennyman
      @Lennyman Год назад +309

      It's actually taken directly from the book, he is a profesional dancer and the hole interaction is spot on

    • @ayameisastar
      @ayameisastar Год назад +251

      @@Lennyman Yes I think it was pretty standard for there to be professional dance partners hired for European balls and parties at that time. Hostesses were usually not able to balance the number of men and women at these parties (and plenty of the noblemen who weren't interested in wife hunting also didn't feel like dancing much) so she could do it by hiring "professionals" from poorer noble houses. These men were gentlemen, could dance well and hold a good conversation but most importantly they didn't flirt with the young ladies. They were there to start the dancing and make sure everyone had a good time. They could be relied upon to make sure the young ladies had fun but not be a rival for any heiresses.

    • @Lennyman
      @Lennyman Год назад +58

      @@ayameisastar quite interesting, thanks for the extra insight

    • @aHan-ex5rm
      @aHan-ex5rm 11 месяцев назад +43

      ​@ayameisastar exactly there was always a man in charge of dancing at the ball. Kitty came without partner and so it was his job to be her first dance and introduce her to the other dancers so to say.
      When she came he immediately walked up to her after her conversation with Boris, so she wouldn't stand there awkwardly waiting for partners.

    • @Qwerty-mc5zi
      @Qwerty-mc5zi 9 месяцев назад +19

      I found it funny how he swept her up so suddenly and intensely at the beginning lol

  • @evangelinegonzalez2932
    @evangelinegonzalez2932 2 года назад +9657

    I see a subtle parallel between this scene and Swan Lake. The prince is stolen away by the seductive black swan and the white swan is left heartbroken.

    • @crazylittlething6762
      @crazylittlething6762 2 года назад +417

      wow, it is a great comment :) even the color of their clothes justify yourself

    • @Vasilia4
      @Vasilia4 2 года назад +357

      It's not so subtle though. This "waltz" is pretty much a ballet performance

    • @yestoheaven682
      @yestoheaven682 2 года назад +34

      Never noticed this!

    • @stefaroy3650
      @stefaroy3650 2 года назад +60

      Лебеди очень верные птицы, они создают пару на всю жизнь. Экранизация романа ужасная и вульгарная. Нет даже понимания того времени, описанных событий, когда девушка стеснялась даже взглянуть на молодого человека. Скромность и чистота ,были достоинством девушки,женщины Такой вальс просто был невозможен, это недопустимо, такая близость.Это сразу дуэль.Если зритель этим восхищается, это значит ,душевный разврат.

    • @karolinaservilha2842
      @karolinaservilha2842 2 года назад +74

      ​@@stefaroy3650 the old same issues with this director's adaptation of classics. He just want it all to be about the drama and how hot the actors are. It's really sad, and bad taste. He did the same with pride and prejudice (with Keira as E.Bennet , absolutelly horrific) and there is lots of people who think its a masterpiece. 😖 The only adaptation that he did that I think is ok is Atonement, but for very litle.

  • @swagmeister5323
    @swagmeister5323 Год назад +1850

    gosh the actress for kitty is remarkable. so so talented. every ounce of her emotion and increasing anxiety is evident in her expression yet she doesn’t let that take away from her contradictory beautiful dancing.

    • @monikamaciejewska846
      @monikamaciejewska846 Год назад +14

      It was not supposed to be a Vienna waltz since we are in Russia ....
      Also the real composer of this tune is Dimitrii Shostakovic.
      Just saying for what is worth x

    • @fatimah230
      @fatimah230 Год назад +32

      Her name is Alicia Vikander and yes, she was wonderful!

    • @aHan-ex5rm
      @aHan-ex5rm 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@monikamaciejewska846Wasn't the music done by Dario Marianelli? He did was influenced by Shostakovic and Tchaikovsky tho but he was the once who wrote soundtrack

    • @ЛикаВикторович
      @ЛикаВикторович 7 месяцев назад +2

      Алисия - профессиональная балерина по образованию! И так же прекрасно танцует в "Королевском романе"!❤🎉

    • @verar5844
      @verar5844 7 месяцев назад

      @@monikamaciejewska846 Google Shostakovich, The Second Waltz - it's totally different and incomparably better.

  • @emiliethyboganzhorn5849
    @emiliethyboganzhorn5849 2 года назад +3871

    Aaron Taylor-Johnson is criminally underrated

  • @eboli7146
    @eboli7146 2 года назад +6172

    You can tell Alicia Vikander trained as a ballet dancer, she moves beautifully

    • @yararivera2909
      @yararivera2909 2 года назад +58

      I noticed it to 💖

    • @Ladyofshalott55
      @Ladyofshalott55 2 года назад +26

      And Keira none!

    • @persephoneblack888
      @persephoneblack888 2 года назад +128

      Yes! Her hand movements are so fluid and graceful, truly a ballerina.

    • @vladaakavk370
      @vladaakavk370 2 года назад +47

      Actually she has been taking ballet lessons since childhood.

    • @mommabutterfly496
      @mommabutterfly496 2 года назад +36

      @@vladaakavk370 actually that means the comment was correct and this one redundant

  • @brittanycrutcher9942
    @brittanycrutcher9942 2 года назад +2798

    The way Vronsky looks at her when he approaches Anna is my favorite part. When they both make eye contact....it's just wonderful to me. You can feel the passion between them.

    • @ТатьянаЯ-ж2н
      @ТатьянаЯ-ж2н 2 года назад +41

      С похотью, а не с восхищением. Это нужно понимать....

    • @lenka156
      @lenka156 2 года назад +44

      Deadly passion.

    • @janiceball8431
      @janiceball8431 2 года назад +13

      @@lenka156 This movie was intense but excellent! Well done.

    • @karolinaservilha2842
      @karolinaservilha2842 2 года назад +5

      ​@@ТатьянаЯ-ж2н They dont see the diference.. shallow its hollywood's midle name.

    • @Mira-gu6we
      @Mira-gu6we 2 года назад +4

      @@ТатьянаЯ-ж2н only wise women seem to understand this.

  • @whedonobsessed
    @whedonobsessed 2 года назад +4428

    I love everything about this scene - the stolen glances between Anna and Vronsky while he is up on the gantry, the look of utter elation that flashes across her face when he is suddenly behind her. And then that dance, time stops around them, they may as well be the only two people left on the planet, everyone else just falls away.
    Then.. BAM! We are back in reality, and as Anna and Vronsky continue plummeting downwards in their isolated captivation with each other, Kitty becomes more and more nervous, anxious, furious. It's good because her fury really tells us how wrong their behavior really is, we can understand the severity of it through her eyes. And then.... of course, Anna comes back to reality too, realises what they have done, walks away, sees herself in the mirror. The train, foreshadowed, coming to get her. That dance was the beginning of the end for her.
    Not just the end of her life, but also her sanity.

    • @beth8986
      @beth8986 2 года назад +82

      Wow!! Excellently said!!

    • @vitasem6940
      @vitasem6940 2 года назад +34

      А мне в этой сцене ничего не нравится. Пошло. Анна Каренина не соответствует описанию по книге. И не передаёт сототой доли тех чувств, возвышенных, безрассудных, страсных. Даже не приятно. Так опошлить произведение. Простите если кого-то обидела.

    • @arahni1812
      @arahni1812 2 года назад +72

      Where was this literary analysis when we read this book in school 🥰

    • @ТатьянаЛеонова-э6т
      @ТатьянаЛеонова-э6т 2 года назад +35

      @@vitasem6940 не стоит рассматривать фильм как изображение сцен из книги. Фильм-самостоятельное произведение, передающий интонацию, идеи уже режиссера, сценариста, актёров. Круто, когда есть такие литературные основы, которые можно интерпретировать до бесконечности. В этом фильме это сделано очень красиво и художественно. ...Что интересно, моя мама недавно читала Анну Каренину и оценила героиню и ее поступки примерно также, как в фильме "Зависть богов", невысоко, так скажем. Возвышенные и страстные чувства ее не впечатлили. Хотя я понимаю вашу боль, если то, что вы определяете как высокое, другие представляют низким. Просто хотела сказать, что интонация фильма созвучна восприятию части читателей и имеет право на существование.

    • @vitasem6940
      @vitasem6940 2 года назад +14

      @@ТатьянаЛеонова-э6т Спасибо, я высказала своё мнение. Весь фильм я пыталась посмотреть, но не смогла. Впрочем как и остальные фильмы отечественного производства последних лет об Анне Карениной. Но в этом фильме лично меня оскорбляет, что Анну Каренину изображает актриса, которая играла лезбиянку и будет ассоциироваться с представителями меньшинств Что в свою очередь даёт тень на это прекрасное произведение. После прочтения книги тебе хочется быть прекрасней, тебе хочется жить и любить. Ты понимаешь что-то неуловимое, что не можешь объяснить словами.
      Да согласна режиссёр может взять сюжет из книги и показать по своему видению, но тогда не нужно называть фильм Анна Каренина.

  • @A-G-A-G
    @A-G-A-G 2 года назад +5653

    It amazes me that this man also plays me Darcy. Where their romantic chemistry was off the charts in pride and prejudice, and yet they exhibit none here

    • @Pastelnightingale
      @Pastelnightingale 2 года назад +1394

      Thankfully since they’re brother and sister in this film 😂

    • @A-G-A-G
      @A-G-A-G 2 года назад +66

      @@Pastelnightingale lol yea

    • @Bettylouhoneydew
      @Bettylouhoneydew 2 года назад +60

      My thoughts exactly!

    • @TinyEpics
      @TinyEpics 2 года назад +383

      Call me crazy but that just might be because she and Matthew Macfadyen are not romantically linked in this film…

    • @dtsv33
      @dtsv33 2 года назад +290

      It's called acting 😉

  • @jasonallan8009
    @jasonallan8009 2 года назад +2146

    Such an underrated film. I absolutely LOVE the music and how they made it look like it was a stage production. Ive seen this a hundred times and could watch it a hundred more.

    • @kay6692
      @kay6692 2 года назад +11

      It never was underrated

    • @tashmoobabe8704
      @tashmoobabe8704 2 года назад +55

      Absolutely. The choreography and cinematography all timed to a rhythmically complex musical score, the erotic breathing turned to whispers of gossip, the costumes, all of it. Miraculous. Sexy. Precise. Emotionally devastating.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +29

      @@kay6692 Yes, people hated it because its not what they expected.

    • @jangdi.
      @jangdi. 2 года назад +7

      You should watch more films. Your comment just hurt me.

    • @nataliam895
      @nataliam895 2 года назад +18

      Music is lovely, but all those stages and even dance here in this scene is just weird, i did not like it.

  • @martinabordakova2750
    @martinabordakova2750 2 года назад +1723

    The choreography is pure beauty. I´ve seen this a thousand times and still I am as amazed as the first time.

    • @democratic3517
      @democratic3517 2 года назад +3

      I want to learn more.
      🎄

    • @priscillajimenez27
      @priscillajimenez27 2 года назад +14

      I've always wondered when people dance like that how no one bumps into each other

    • @lenavanhalen8446
      @lenavanhalen8446 2 года назад +9

      The choreography is by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a well-known choreographer. His other choreographies are amazing! Definitely worth it to check some out as well! Like 'I will fall for you' from Woodkid or Aqua or Qutb!

  • @portofthoughts4477
    @portofthoughts4477 Год назад +539

    In the book there's a scene where Kitty and Anna talk at a gathering before the ball, and Kitty is getting a powdery pink dress. She tells Anna to wear purple, and it struck me as if Kitty wanted to match Anna at the ball, an innocent desire. When Anna decides to wear black velvet, it's clear she's up to something. I like that they switched Kitty to white; more effective in movie for the dichotomy.

  • @peadar-o
    @peadar-o 2 года назад +5963

    When a waltz is more passionate than a tango…

    • @moviemaker60fps
      @moviemaker60fps 2 года назад +144

      @ymarrero23 come now I thought that was a brilliant observation. I was amazed myself at how sensuously the waltz was portrayed here. Yet I am a big fan of the tango.

    • @dgriite
      @dgriite 2 года назад +87

      The weird touchy flaily arms were a bit much. That's not really a part in normal waltzes, right? I get they were trying to make it artsy and emotional, but was a bit overdone for me.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +129

      @@dgriite Its not a lot like a typical waltz, its mote like a ballet performance, and they are not trying to make it artsy. They are trying to make it like a ballet performance. And it works.

    • @dgriite
      @dgriite 2 года назад +45

      @@martineshamzin7535 Doesn't work for me. I understand the wanted to add more movement/emotion/grace to the scene, and a touch of the fluttery arms can be seen in other scenes at well. It's subtler and works. In this scene, it reads a bit like "Slap some russian ballet kind of moves to make the viennese waltz look more 'russian' and angsty" and "make them awkwardly touch each others faces and arms to make it look more sensual".

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +21

      @@dgriite Well, everyone has different tastes. It was definitely. bold move, and Im sure that means some will love it some will hate it. I have personally never seen anything quite like it.The whole story really isn't very sensible though, if you know what I mean. Would someone Anna's age really kill herself because she wasn't able to keep a man's attention 100% on herself? She had looks, she had money. Why not ditch Vronsky and go back to Italy? And why were they so completely unable to make friends there? A good looking couple, foreign, with money! that just doesn't seem right. Open. salon. You don't have to paint yourself. All I ever get reading the story is that no one would ever really act like that. Its super unrealistic. So why not make it even MORE unrealistic. Doesn't that make sense? Im not trying to convince you, of course. Any opinion is as good as any other in such matters.

  • @mak8680
    @mak8680 2 года назад +1006

    I love how they show on kitty how much time has past. Kitty always has a new dance partner, but Anna and Alexai only dance with eachother. It kinda reminds my of cinderella, how they danced all night only with eachother.

    • @russianwithmasha6992
      @russianwithmasha6992 2 года назад +21

      Omg I haven't even noticed before yet it's so obvious! Thank you for pointing it out!

  • @lucasblanchard47
    @lucasblanchard47 3 года назад +4131

    The only thing I know about this story is that the book was massively long, and it had one of the highest ever point values on our Accelerated Reading computer program back in elementary school. Everyone in school took the test and failed miserably just to try and get as many points as possible without reading the book. It was epic.

    • @energymaven7537
      @energymaven7537 3 года назад +136

      Damn. We were just trying to survive MS DOS and the Oregon Trail when I was in elementary school.

    • @JoseRamirez-vl5jr
      @JoseRamirez-vl5jr 3 года назад +1

      @@energymaven7537 ñ

    • @lauren9004
      @lauren9004 3 года назад +9

      😂

    • @lucasblanchard47
      @lucasblanchard47 3 года назад +17

      @@energymaven7537 oh believe me, we were doing that, too haha!

    • @kassandrani5320
      @kassandrani5320 2 года назад +59

      AR points…blast from the past

  • @samosullivan1744
    @samosullivan1744 Год назад +350

    Joe Wright’s idea of staging the story in a Theatre really is ingenious on so many levels, especially in this scene as it perfectly highlights Tolstoy’s goal to expose ‘high society’ for the pantomime that it is and how women like Anna and Kitty are expected to ‘play their part’ and put on a show!

  • @Vasilia4
    @Vasilia4 2 года назад +2081

    *Anna respesents the black Swan, who steals away the Prince from the white Swan (Kitty). This isn't a Vienna waltz, it's more like a ballet performance*

    • @stefaroy3650
      @stefaroy3650 2 года назад +31

      Это вообще не вальс,это породия. Взгляд извращенного человека на совсем незнакомую культуру царской России. Ни костюмы,ни поведение не показывают красоту и культуру, изысканность,манеры и обязательный этикет.

    • @macarenavaldivialopez730
      @macarenavaldivialopez730 2 года назад

      Yes

    • @ii3773
      @ii3773 2 года назад +57

      @@stefaroy3650 к сожалению, вы упустили суть картины. Джо Райт и не пытался реалистично показать царскую Россию, но мастерски исполнил театральное представление по мотивам романа Толстого. Учитесь смотреть глубже

    • @gugurama9777
      @gugurama9777 2 года назад +1

      Its more like orientalish waltzish something c'mon guys :))

    • @ИнгаЗиленская
      @ИнгаЗиленская 2 года назад

      @@stefaroy3650 это действительно похоже на пародию.что хотел сим сказать автор загадка?

  • @blackmadonna6024
    @blackmadonna6024 8 месяцев назад +76

    The symmetry between the men and women in the partner dance is refreshing. We’re used to the man taking the lead while the woman follows but this is a perfect representation of how yin and yang is meant to work together to create a flourishing partnership as equals. It even drives the symbolism further that Anna is in Black and Vronsky is in white, like Yin Yang. What a relieving breath of fresh air.

  • @giannagiorgio1398
    @giannagiorgio1398 2 года назад +892

    the book is actually incredible give it a chance y’all!!!

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +66

      The book is actually an awful bore, and the way Tolstoy writes women would make almost anyone angry. I am certainly no feminist, but he literally thinks women are idiots.

    • @mrishka5
      @mrishka5 2 года назад +13

      perhaps the translation was not that good :)

    • @hollybartlett7017
      @hollybartlett7017 2 года назад +113

      @@martineshamzin7535 no no not true at all, the female characters are as diverse in personality as the male ones are! I was very impressed by the way he wrote the women and understood their plights

    • @giannagiorgio1398
      @giannagiorgio1398 2 года назад +75

      @@martineshamzin7535 i think a lot of the problem is that he wrote it in real time. we followed everything the characters did on a regular day. that’s why it seems borish. but i don’t think any of the women in this book were “stupid”. Anna may have been foolish but she knew what she was doing and the other women in the book are portrayed as pure.

    • @katerinaaqu
      @katerinaaqu 2 года назад +67

      @@martineshamzin7535 I disagree. There is a great variety of characters. With the same logic he wrote some of the men being idiots or constant flirts which is not true with every man in the world even in that society. Kitty was the classical hyper sensitive kinda silly young girl while her companion Varenka was a very efficient and wise woman
      Anna was logical at first and slowly derailed because she couldn't stand society's pressure. Her sister in law began from a frightened woman who would collapse at the news of her husband flirting and she in the end turned into a compassionate woman that was willing go go against society to offer some support to Anna.
      I would agree that the book became boring at certain points because it got ridiculously long and had many different stories together but I absolutely disagree about your comment about Tolstoy's characters

  • @ellajames4417
    @ellajames4417 Год назад +156

    It's also so interesting because whilst Vronsky and Anna move effortlessly across the room, although Kitty is clearly the best dancer it looks lime she has to work harder with all the other dancers she had to show that she's trying to keep in the loop whilst fighting for Vronsky's affection.

  • @mpvrrrrr
    @mpvrrrrr Год назад +166

    they adapted this part of the book so well omg, I'm actually impressed by how they summarized this well what happened with anna, vronsky and kitty in a single one scene

    • @nataliazakula3400
      @nataliazakula3400 Год назад +4

      This film is the best summation of the true intent of each original character-Levin, Anna, Karenin, Kitty-they are all complex and poignant

  • @Joannabanana1989
    @Joannabanana1989 2 года назад +706

    This is my favorite choreography from any movie. As a dancer and being in so many musicals growing up, dancing with a partner can be awkward or beautiful. I love how Anna and Alexei’s bodies flow so seductively together. It’s like they are making love while dancing. I cry anytime I watch this scene.

    • @tauqueishachester9844
      @tauqueishachester9844 2 года назад +4

      You must never seen dirty dancing nobody keep baby in a corner

    • @Joannabanana1989
      @Joannabanana1989 2 года назад +20

      @ T. Chester I have seen it a lot but my statement still stands. This is on a whole other level than Dirty Dancing choreography. This is very tight and pristine and not sloppy and loose like Dirty Dancing.

    • @akapam57
      @akapam57 2 года назад +1

      I wouldn't tell to many people. Sorry, it wasn't that impressive.

    • @Joannabanana1989
      @Joannabanana1989 2 года назад +4

      Akapam57 I have only told youtube. Cancel me if you wish 😁

    • @dark_nightmin
      @dark_nightmin 2 года назад +1

      ❤❤❤

  • @elisaausberlin4838
    @elisaausberlin4838 Год назад +88

    When Keira and Matthew enter the scene I cannot help myself as I scream internally "Mr & Mrs Darcy".

  • @xtxpxhx
    @xtxpxhx 2 года назад +551

    I adore this movie! Definitely, it was ahead of its time. the dance choreography just leaves me breathless everytime, such an amazing foreshadowing

  • @rexeleyrarama.tsatsavinci_rrtv
    @rexeleyrarama.tsatsavinci_rrtv Год назад +50

    4:16 I love where the whole thing just froze still, and it looks like that only two of them that matters there. It is a true feeling when you're in love

  • @catalinav4930
    @catalinav4930 11 месяцев назад +82

    I loved this adaptation. Even though a lot of people said it was way worse than the other Anna Karenina movies, I liked the new approach and the decision to set the action like in a theatre, because that's how it really felt for Anna - being watched and judged by everyone. Brilliant movie.

    • @andyroo9381
      @andyroo9381 5 месяцев назад +4

      This was a beautiful film to watch.

    • @the_jolly_bunny
      @the_jolly_bunny 2 месяца назад

      I loved it too!!!

  • @cherylwysong2090
    @cherylwysong2090 2 года назад +253

    A story of forbidden love and the undeniable passion that envelopes it. Unbridled passion leading to painful consequences. Great story. The choreography was unique. I found the twirling hand motions odd.

    • @brynl-k4118
      @brynl-k4118 9 месяцев назад

      Snake? Like passion?

  • @juliawidmaier5334
    @juliawidmaier5334 2 года назад +403

    I know this movie is probably not very book accurate, it's definitely on my to-read list, but I do admire this movie on it's own. Poor Kitty looks so anxious in this scene and the way the music and dancing play out it's very haunting. I sometimes watch this film when I just need something playing in the background that is lovely and for me very easy to watch again and again

    • @a697ag
      @a697ag 2 года назад +86

      I read the book in its original language several times. I have a BA in Russian Language & Literature.
      Is this film true to the book? No. The story in the book is darker, more oppressive.
      Does this film stand alone in its beauty and poignancy? Absolutely!
      and maybe, just maybe, the film has encouraged some viewers to read the book and see that the two can coexist and be appreciated on their own merit

    • @worldlit1146
      @worldlit1146 2 года назад +8

      It is actually a good read. Captures you.

    • @vidavuk1649
      @vidavuk1649 2 года назад +7

      Someone from West can not , absolutely can not express Tolstoy ! There is no chance ! The way of thinking is not to compare ! Please, do not kill Tolstoy with terrible presentation.

    • @priiifrg
      @priiifrg 2 года назад +12

      @@vidavuk1649 stay mad.

    • @VB-lc4xz
      @VB-lc4xz 2 года назад +7

      @@vidavuk1649 Totally agree. I was just disgusted. And how dare they to insult Tolstoy assigning it at elementary school!

  • @ellf535
    @ellf535 2 года назад +252

    Take my breath away. The most stunningly beautiful stylized dramatic dance in a movie ever!

    • @YourMajesty143
      @YourMajesty143 2 года назад +1

      Um, Classic Hollywood films would like a word with you...

  • @kellieeverts8462
    @kellieeverts8462 2 года назад +50

    The faces of the woman were varied and in age and children around ....they were all... comfortable with themselves I absolutely loved it

  • @hhhaaaaf
    @hhhaaaaf 2 года назад +96

    I love how from this scene (the costumes, the camera technique, the editing) you can understand the theme of the movie and the foreshadow of their fates

  • @claudiamanta1943
    @claudiamanta1943 10 месяцев назад +24

    4:21-5:30 is one of the most elegant cinematographic illustrations of being with the one you’ve in love with. Outstanding scene.

  • @adrianghandtchi1562
    @adrianghandtchi1562 2 года назад +117

    I really love the costume interpretation of that era, they took some liberties but it’s still gorgeous, and this dance sequence has always been my favorite.

  • @BuckWinthrop
    @BuckWinthrop 2 года назад +35

    One of my favorite movies of all time. I've seen it at least 25 times. It's breathtaking. Extraordinary. Genius.

    • @antonellacozzi408
      @antonellacozzi408 2 года назад

      25 volte??? Questa pizza hollywoodiana?? Assolutamente lontana dalla trama del romanzo di Tolstoj? Vronshji è tutto meno che l'affascinante conte del libro di cui si innamora la Karenina.

  • @mrss_foster
    @mrss_foster 2 года назад +173

    In high school we decided to make a play out of this book to impress our professor. In the end the book was so long half of the students didn't even read it but in the end we got A's. Now 4 yeard later I would willingly read the book again.

  • @andyorsil
    @andyorsil 2 года назад +147

    I just found out the actor playing Anna's brother also played Mr. Darcy!!! Like what!!!??

    • @MiracleWinchester
      @MiracleWinchester 2 года назад +8

      Well it was the same director

    • @yellowbubblequeen
      @yellowbubblequeen 2 года назад +4

      And Tom in succession

    • @roopalsingh4384
      @roopalsingh4384 2 года назад +1

      No way

    • @nu7345
      @nu7345 2 года назад +2

      Yeahh 🥺😭I was also, surprised but they did act great as siblings in this film ❤️

  • @AnnetteWarren
    @AnnetteWarren 2 года назад +54

    This movie is insanely beautiful.

  • @starr7432
    @starr7432 2 года назад +46

    I love the waltz... so graceful and romantic... it's really a shame we don't gather to dance like this anymore...💛💫💛

    • @Olga_Ovechkina
      @Olga_Ovechkina 2 года назад +6

      This dance is absolutely historically inaccurate, so people of 19th century didn't dance like this too.

    • @starr7432
      @starr7432 2 года назад +7

      @@Olga_Ovechkina Thank you... it's always nice when people always see the negative instead of the what's positive about the statement...

    • @RED-my9hl
      @RED-my9hl Год назад +4

      also u would not have had a chance to attend a ball like this since ur not high society, u probably would have been miserable fighting to survive

    • @kkibela
      @kkibela Год назад

      ​@RED-my9hl I couldn't help thinking of all the atrocities each uniformed mam represented... how they treated other humans in different climates and then come back and behave so genteel and if that offered a type of dangerous appeal to the prospects or actually a bit of a red flag.. its a very weird situation

    • @kkibela
      @kkibela Год назад +2

      It's a very sensual dance.. moving you arm across each others chests like that ..

  • @slimtodress
    @slimtodress 2 года назад +53

    Russian here 🙋‍♀️ Absolutely ADORE this film, they really did their best job at researching the era, the fashion, the dances, the story itself. Thank you to the director and the cast, absolutely wonderful and underrated movie! PS Please folks, read the book, it's genius and very modern despite the fact that the time is in 19th century. It's about relationship, love, loyalty and honesty that stay the same. Me and my hubby had good lengthy arguments about the roles of Karenin, Anna and Vronsky. Very interesting indeed )))

    • @Olga_Ovechkina
      @Olga_Ovechkina 2 года назад +9

      What?! The dances, the clothes, the hairstyles, and people's manners in this firm are absolutely historically inaccurate. If you think the opposite - you don't know history at all.

    • @Olga_Ovechkina
      @Olga_Ovechkina 2 года назад +4

      @samantha smith I answered the phrase "They did their best job at researching the era: the fashion, the dances, the story itself". This phrase sounds as if all of the above is conveyed in the film authentically. And this is not so at all.

    • @kaybae334
      @kaybae334 Месяц назад

      What is the book called?

  • @zoebourgeois8302
    @zoebourgeois8302 Год назад +11

    i love how there’s not a lot of dialogue in this scene but we still fully understand how everyone feels ugh this movie

  • @cynthiamartin3645
    @cynthiamartin3645 Год назад +11

    Watching this waltz...it has so many things going on that it is nothing short of impressive that all the actors learned it and with such grace and perfect timing...

  • @jojobrown2504
    @jojobrown2504 2 года назад +22

    Loved this film…anything with Keira is marvellous. Aaron is so underrated.

    • @ieasliygetaddicted3531
      @ieasliygetaddicted3531 2 года назад +2

      I don’t want to be rude, disrespectful, or anything but it’s probably because he married a 45 year old lady when he was 22

    • @katerinsh
      @katerinsh Год назад +1

      @@ieasliygetaddicted3531 so what?

  • @alicemestria4373
    @alicemestria4373 2 года назад +51

    Keira Knightly’s presence is just smashing!! It’s overwhelming… I love how Joe Wright always does a dancing scene where everyone else disappears, that’s exactly how I feel when Keira Knightly is in a movie, everyone else disappears.

    • @brooklynsbaby4367
      @brooklynsbaby4367 2 года назад +5

      She's captivated me ever since I was a child, so magnetic

  • @nataliakhubashvili4893
    @nataliakhubashvili4893 2 года назад +187

    This musical is so underrated, it is sad. I enjoyed it a lot.

    • @Samantha-dv4je
      @Samantha-dv4je 2 года назад +16

      …it’s not a musical just so you know

  • @sabinaskov5521
    @sabinaskov5521 2 года назад +546

    Before, it was Elisabeth and Mr. Darcy who made the other dance couples disappear ☺️🤩

    • @777LoveStory
      @777LoveStory 2 года назад +32

      Same director for both projects. I noticed it's his schtick.

    • @TS-kl6tk
      @TS-kl6tk 2 года назад +39

      the difference is that elizabeth and mr,. darcy are siblings in here haha

    • @tutnetam
      @tutnetam 2 года назад +3

      It’s exactly as her dance with Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice

    • @ghostly_rose8925
      @ghostly_rose8925 Год назад +4

      Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy run so these two could walk.

    • @TrelliessRose
      @TrelliessRose Год назад +1

      Same director!

  • @Ronald-ks2iy
    @Ronald-ks2iy Год назад +63

    Kiera Knightley’s rendition of the tragic figure Anna Karenina is superb. She portrayed her descent into desperation and madness with perfection!

  • @donyami8749
    @donyami8749 2 года назад +37

    I love the way they look at each other, no one can hide a real love. If it’s hidden means, it’s not real. The most beautiful dance that I have ever seen ❣️❣️❣️

  • @RodsAndAxes
    @RodsAndAxes 2 года назад +53

    One of the greatest novels ever written. Everyone should read it.

    • @antonellacozzi408
      @antonellacozzi408 2 года назад

      Bhe il film non lo rispecchia per niente. Hollywood rovina sempre tutto

  • @sapiensno8billion
    @sapiensno8billion Год назад +8

    the music, the coreo, the colours, the acting - this scene is brilliant

  • @fredf7457
    @fredf7457 2 года назад +39

    This scene is very ingenius. It uses the music and the dance choreography to express all the emotional tension between the three main characters, especially Anna's and Kitty's.

  • @orion8835
    @orion8835 2 года назад +273

    This is a fun and detailed scene in the film. Very creative full of archetypes, colorful costumes and movement. The music became a bit annoying as it started to sound like a calliope circus becoming more maddening. That may have been the point though.

    • @martineshamzin7535
      @martineshamzin7535 2 года назад +49

      Yes, it becomes off key and deranged sounding.

    • @jukihiw
      @jukihiw 2 года назад +65

      Yes that was the point! The music fits the desperation in the air

    • @robb4cubs
      @robb4cubs 2 года назад +7

      Yes. And there was the sound of passionate breathing along with it!

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 Год назад +2

      I think the music started to sound strange and distorted to match Kitty’s distress/emotions.

  • @JacobW567
    @JacobW567 2 года назад +73

    This movie and the soundtrack are MASTERPIECES....

  • @zamar2158
    @zamar2158 2 года назад +38

    All that glorious Russian literature and the lovely elaborate dances . Love it.

    • @АлёнаИванова-м7ъ
      @АлёнаИванова-м7ъ 2 года назад +2

      Здесь ничего русского! Это отвратительно! Смотрите хорошие классические экранизации.

  • @ToivanGelder
    @ToivanGelder 6 месяцев назад +4

    Beautiful movements in this waltz. One has to know about the old dances, the quadrilles and so on, to understand these movements. We don't dance the waltz like this anymore, if we dance it at all.

  • @higorbaranoski
    @higorbaranoski 2 года назад +31

    The art of eye contact. Beatiful movie, i have watched yesteday after reading the book. The book is massively long, but i missed so many things in the movie that makes me miss the cutted parts witch was on the book, but its great if you see as a "shared experience", like i did. You'll not lose or decrease your experience if you only what the movie, but you got a huge plus when you understand exactly what the characters are feeling.

  • @justdiane5
    @justdiane5 6 месяцев назад +3

    One of the most beautiful scenes in cinematic history.... Everything is perfect

  • @i_violetexpress_i
    @i_violetexpress_i Год назад +12

    alexei little smiles at anna during the dance are killing me. they’re so oblivious to wtf is going on around them

  • @raymondbatac3826
    @raymondbatac3826 2 года назад +7

    As much as I love reading books, I can't deny that they do not give me some details that movies do. One of them is the background music and some minor details that I fail to imagine while reading.

  • @taylordanielle1232
    @taylordanielle1232 2 года назад +49

    Maggie Gyllenhaal narrates the audiobook on audible and it is really good. She has a really nice voice.

  • @artisinsimplethings2155
    @artisinsimplethings2155 2 года назад +18

    One of the most beautiful choreography I've ever seen 😍 I'm in love, it's like a living poetry

  • @HoustonRoderick
    @HoustonRoderick 2 года назад +11

    seriously this scene is one of the best in a period costume drama ever

  • @PedroAugusto_mr
    @PedroAugusto_mr 2 года назад +36

    I’m sure that every Ballet dancer loved this waltz

  • @AnteoTesila
    @AnteoTesila 2 года назад +63

    An underrated piece of art

  • @sateniksargsyan7044
    @sateniksargsyan7044 2 года назад +49

    Just add behind the scenes video please, love this film so much, the ball scene was incredible and the best on cinematography for me for it's intensity, choreography, passion. After this film I discovered ATJ and watch every his movie , the cast is the best, just the way ATJ looks I think he could look as in the book, he is so handsome and charming with his natural hair he would look more mature.

  • @marinesargsyan1321
    @marinesargsyan1321 2 года назад +15

    Can watch the waltz scene for thousand times.

  • @ОльгаБорисовна-щ3д
    @ОльгаБорисовна-щ3д 2 года назад +10

    Фантастика
    Режиссер, композитор, балетмейстер, оператор, звукооператор, актёры слились в экстазе и создали шедевр...впрочем, когда Джо Райт работает с Кирой Найтли и этой командой -- всегда получаются шедевры

    • @sailorv8067
      @sailorv8067 Год назад

      За шедевр тут автор сценария отвечает да костюмер, да Джуд Лоу)

  • @jnty1
    @jnty1 2 года назад +5

    idk what this is or why it was recommended to me but it was indeed satisfying to watch.

  • @rozazukova-john6554
    @rozazukova-john6554 2 года назад +94

    Настолько не понимать Толстого,чтобы сделать такой пустой фильм! Танец-катастрофа в супер современном бреду! Руки-ноги! Люди,читайте книги хоть иногда!

    • @perekisvodoroda2379
      @perekisvodoroda2379 2 года назад +18

      😁👍 всё ужасно в фильме, а танец просто полный отстой 🤦

    • @georginatalamo2451
      @georginatalamo2451 2 года назад +6

      Hollywood crap

    • @nadiakuzmina8693
      @nadiakuzmina8693 2 года назад +7

      ))) Так Толстой только повод, каждый снимает в соответствии со своим духовным состоянием. Скажем так,они нас не удивили ни разу))

    • @ЕленаЧернышева-ч3ц
      @ЕленаЧернышева-ч3ц 10 месяцев назад +2

      Какой вычурный танец, последовательность движений-кривляний

    • @ravenazima
      @ravenazima 6 месяцев назад +1

      Очень красивый фильм. Лучшая экранизация

  • @Melbnolan
    @Melbnolan 3 года назад +100

    Kiera’s jewels by Chanel …. C’est magnifique

    • @lauren9004
      @lauren9004 3 года назад +2

      They really are

    •  2 года назад +4

      Those jewels look amazing.

    • @Alicewoods000
      @Alicewoods000 2 года назад +2

      White house black market..has the exact same necklace $100 . Obviously doesn't have diamonds....but is as beautiful and outstanding with any attire ;)

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 5 месяцев назад +1

    This entire ball sequence leaves me spellbound. All of it is gorgeous to watch.

  • @strawberrysocks2835
    @strawberrysocks2835 2 года назад +46

    This film is utterly mesmerizing!

  • @walterroberts2861
    @walterroberts2861 2 года назад +5

    The Tailoring of The gentlemen and The ladies; Is Superb and Almost Splendid.

  • @claudiamanta1943
    @claudiamanta1943 10 месяцев назад +6

    2:04 Outstanding contrast between the two couples- black and white.

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 2 месяца назад

    This is one of the most beautiful moments ever captured on film. I recall being mesmerized by it when I was in the movie theater.

  • @jaimee8355
    @jaimee8355 2 года назад +11

    This movie is AWESOME! Done like a stage play movie. An absolutely beautiful love story.
    Very sad ending.

  • @ronaldwebster9683
    @ronaldwebster9683 2 года назад +14

    I would absolutely love to learn this dance. It is absolutely breathtaking!

  • @healingpoisonbreak9984
    @healingpoisonbreak9984 2 года назад +34

    I love it how every english comment loves and compliments the movie whilst the Russian comments absolutely despise it

    • @rosedewittbukater4203
      @rosedewittbukater4203 2 года назад +3

      It´s a British film, not a Russian one.

    • @dahveedandsarkis2123
      @dahveedandsarkis2123 2 года назад +10

      @@rosedewittbukater4203 based on a Russian book.

    • @rosedewittbukater4203
      @rosedewittbukater4203 2 года назад +2

      @@dahveedandsarkis2123 I think everybody knows Tolstoy, don´t you?

    • @karolinaservilha2842
      @karolinaservilha2842 2 года назад

      well... Me too would be mad if some foreings take some of my national literature classics and just made it into a product to show actors being horny on screen, and erase the cultural background just for do they shit on it.

    • @rachaelrome
      @rachaelrome 2 года назад

      Right? I’m living to read the Russians completely obliterate the film lol

  • @cris3966
    @cris3966 2 года назад +48

    В то время, если кто то поднимает на руки девушку публично, обязан на ней жениться. Иначе - дуэль

  • @ТатьянаАлексеевна-й5к

    Я как русская, читавшая роман Анна Каренина несколько раз, могу точно сказать что нужно смотреть русский фильм. Только он максимально похож на роман Толстого. А это чистый голливуд с надуманными фигурами в танцах и силиконовыми страстями

    • @ToYga
      @ToYga 2 года назад +21

      Какие жуткие танцы. И неприлично ржущие офицеры на галерке на светском балу 🙈

    • @ember1794
      @ember1794 2 года назад +1

      I thought the same thing

    • @Марсианка-х7ы
      @Марсианка-х7ы 2 года назад +12

      Голливуд вы зря обругали, но про фильм согласна, ничего похожего по духу на Толстого нет. А уж танцы и костюмы вообще как самодеятельность. Актеры не играют Толстого, а играют какую то современную лавстори

    • @evacope1718
      @evacope1718 2 года назад +4

      What is a good Russian version ? I want to watch it

    • @user-st5r1e6t3ty5
      @user-st5r1e6t3ty5 2 года назад +7

      @Cashmere а это не ругательство. Мне вот тоже сразу пришло на ум "голливуд" - что-то очередное про диснеевских принцесс с шаблонно кружащимимся парами и взлетающими юбками

  • @PrincessSnapadoodle
    @PrincessSnapadoodle Год назад +2

    Everything about this movie is just
    * chefs kiss *

  • @JaneSt.Valentine
    @JaneSt.Valentine Год назад +3

    The set looks like it came from the Old Hollywood era and I love it 😍🥰

  • @Thomassina1
    @Thomassina1 6 месяцев назад

    I love these period dramas, the dancing and costumes. Is a beautiful waltz with the interlocking of hands sequence, change of partners.
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson looks like Gene Wilder

  • @nataischtar
    @nataischtar 2 года назад +37

    Они всё похожи на фигуры из Паноктикума;))Я даже подумала сначала что это пародия!!

  • @nazaninhoushmast4390
    @nazaninhoushmast4390 3 месяца назад +2

    An absolute masterpiece ❤❤❤

  • @B501M
    @B501M 2 года назад +3

    at 5:11, is the common musical theme you will hear, woven throughout the film

  • @annina0596
    @annina0596 12 дней назад

    This movie is something beyond our appreciation . Is something future generations will watch and wonder how Joe Wright and all the movie troupe managed to put toghether such a brilliant and perfect representation of late 1800s society. It’s my favourite movie ever and I don’t think we will ever have something else so beautiful, so delicate and yet so passional and emotive, so good to watch and yet so instructive and educational. Setting a dance scene in a theater has so many deep meanings, they were all geniuses

  • @pinarozge6895
    @pinarozge6895 3 года назад +64

    I wonder if there is any evidence that Russians danced waltz like this in that era? There seems to be a lot of arm movements.

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 2 года назад +35

      No, no one ever danced like that...

    •  2 года назад +11

      Let's say it is a nod to the influence that Tchaikovsky had on the performing arts.

    • @ArtemisScribe
      @ArtemisScribe 2 года назад +71

      no, this is just very stylized choreography for the film based far more on contemporary dance than any traditional ballroom dance of the Russian Empire. Also it's not supposed to be a Waltz they're dancing, the title of the video is wrong. In the book they dance a Mazurka which was a type of fast tempo folk dance not unlike a polka. The reason why it being a Mazurka is important is because the Mazurka is what you would dance with your intended, and so all the watching guests who are waiting for Count Vronsky to propose to Kitty would expect him to dance it with her. When he instead dances it with another man's wife while Kitty is right there, that's quite a scandal on the same sort of level of how weird everyone got after Oscar Isaac kissed Jessica Chastain's arm on a red carpet photo call, like, it wasn't anything bad in and of itself, but people made a lot of assumptions and talked about it for days. But the intricacies of this plot detail are unfortunately lost in the adaptation from book to screen. We only get a couple of background lines about Kitty's mother's meddling match making and that couple dancing saying "You watch, he'll dance the Mazurka with Kitty" things that only make sense if you already know the context rather than doing anything to give you the context.

    • @musicathena
      @musicathena 2 года назад +13

      @@ArtemisScribe A polka is in 2/4 or 4/4, generally speaking; a mazurka is a 3/4 Polish traditional dance with an elongated first accent--usually a dotted 8th, followed by a 16th, then 2 quarters. The music played for this clip--original or not--is a waltz: 3/4. The arms are not standard but seem to be some stylization of the Laendler--very charming, and something one might actually see in young people in Austria or Switzerland. I can't speak for Russia, but little fads in ballroom dance do occur... It is choreographed, of course, as is the stopped motion of other dancers, but I could not say it might not spontaneously occur to the young--so to say it "never" occurred seems rather unrealistic... And certain music enchants us into believing we were once graceful and spontaneous--even if we weren't...

    • @purpleicicles
      @purpleicicles 2 года назад +5

      @@ArtemisScribe Ah, that's what's going on! I've neither read the book or seen the film, so thanks for the context to the increasing sense of panic in the clip!

  • @erikaortiz927
    @erikaortiz927 2 года назад +58

    The same thing that happened to Kitty, happened to me, we ended up like this: 🤡

  • @summer-roseknight
    @summer-roseknight Год назад +14

    Can we just appreciate the fact that Kiera and Matthew are in ANOTHER period movie together? Like-
    Wow, Mr and Mrs Darcy really have let marriage change them

  • @quacasualwomen
    @quacasualwomen 2 года назад +20

    That is the weirdest waltz I have ever seen

  • @diptipatel525
    @diptipatel525 2 года назад +8

    *What a beautiful period to have lived in, danced in, and fell in love in, with Count Alexei Vronsky no less, l've never seen all of the film ofcource, l just love the romance of it all, the lifts were great too in this dance.*

    • @GosieKin
      @GosieKin 2 года назад +3

      If you were born into nobility. Otherwise, it was work to the bone, not galas or beautiful jewellery.

    • @everything5066
      @everything5066 2 года назад +1

      if you were white and wealthy and not a soldier

    • @smitisaschi9708
      @smitisaschi9708 2 года назад

      You really have not read the book.🤣

  • @ClaudiaBodden
    @ClaudiaBodden 3 месяца назад +1

    I need to immediately learn this dancing!!!

  • @marcusaureliusthecat
    @marcusaureliusthecat 2 года назад +14

    I just can’t that they decided to cut right at the glimpse of the train part, the train approaching in all it’s horror was the climax of this scene uuuggggghhhhhhh

  • @veronicaherrera7586
    @veronicaherrera7586 2 года назад +7

    Love these two in this movie. Aaron’s great!!!

  • @checreates
    @checreates Год назад +3

    This movie was so breathtaking, I fell in ❤ with Aaron Taylor Johnson for sure. But the ending is just so so sad! Really captures the enchantment, and downfall, of a wild “love”.

  • @sarahrowe6238
    @sarahrowe6238 2 года назад +57

    This is lowkey a pride and prejudice crossover

  • @СпортсменыМы
    @СпортсменыМы 2 года назад +4

    what a wretchedness this film is!

  • @deibydei8487
    @deibydei8487 Год назад +2

    That Black Dress and the necklace is love. Ive seen this movie so long ago yet those stuck in my mind along with the dance.

  • @maryoaks3228
    @maryoaks3228 2 года назад +54

    I have the book ,I’ve seen other more true to the source material versions and I still find this a beautiful movie.
    However I also think that this is a perfect movie for the tick tick age 😉

    • @jasminedelany1496
      @jasminedelany1496 2 года назад

      What’s the book called ?

    • @nadiakuzmina8693
      @nadiakuzmina8693 2 года назад

      Думаю,подросткам этот фильм лучше не смотреть))

  • @ewat4753
    @ewat4753 2 года назад +6

    What incredible excitement in this clip.
    Outstanding!