On a lighter note

I watched what must have been the oddest film ever made the other day. It's a Russian art-house movie called "Russian Ark." The story is not really a story at all; rather it's a conversation between a 18th-century French Marquis and the director of the movie, one Alexandre Sukurov, about Russian culture and history.
That's the barebones of the film. The novel thing is that it takes you through 300 yeas of history surrounding the Hermitage Museum, the castle in St. Petersbourg that was home to Catherine the Great, the Tsars, etc. So you see all of these various time periods depicted as the two characters - the Marquis and the camera, narrated by the director, wander throughout this gigantic castle/museum.
Now, if that were'nt odd enough, the entire film has no editing whatsoever. In other words, the entire movie is one long, intricate, sleep-inducing (at parts!) single take. So that means that there were 2000 actors sitting around in this castle waiting for the camera to get to them so they could do their part... and if anyone flubbed anything, the entire film would be ruined. And yet they pulled it off.

So, if you're into the artsy-type of movies, this one'll blow your mind.