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The Last Station
Product Type: DVD
Product Price: $27.96
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Classics
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Description
Dramatizes the final year of Leo Tolstoy's life as he struggles to reconcile fame and wealth with his commitment to a simpler life, while his wife cha
Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, and James McAvoy lead an impeccable cast in The Last Station, a sweet comedy-drama about the final days of the Russian novelist Tolstoy. Nineteenth-century paparazzi lurk outside of Tolstoy's estate, hoping to snatch a picture of the rumored strife between the world-famous writer (Plummer, The Insider), who's launched an antimaterialist movement, and his aristocratic wife, Sofya (Mirren, The Queen). Also lurking is Tolstoy's aide, Chertkov (Paul Giamatti, Sideways), who despises Sofya and pushes to change Tolstoy's will to prevent Sofya from inheriting the royalties from Tolstoy's books. Into this nest of conflict comes a young secretary, Valentin (McAvoy, Atonement), who idolizes Tolstoy and strives to live by the principles of abstinence and vegetarianism… only to find his purity tested by sensual temptations (including a headstrong young woman played by Kerry Condon of Rome) and an unexpected sympathy for Sofya. Moments of sly comedy keep The Last Station from becoming overly literary. The movie as a whole lacks the emotional punch it reaches for, but every scene is a polished jewel, expertly and passionately crafted by the actors and writer-director Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night's Dream), rich with feeling and social detail. Mirren, of course, is superb, with a wonderful portrayal of a woman who can't help turning her genuine passions into a performance that repels her husband. --Bret Fetzer
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Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-28
Summary: "War and (not much) peace"
For those unfamiliar or uninterested in Russian literature, a film about the last days of writer Leo Tolstoy sounds gloomy indeed - all serious writer stuff. But "The Last Station" was lively and fun and harrowing by turns. Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren played Tolstoy and his wife, the aristocratic Sofya just a few years before the Russian Revolution. Leo is old but still feisty, and is surrounded by sycophantic "Tolstoyans" who revere the writer as a sort of messiah. Truly more "Catholic than the pope," they are appalled when the old man, revered for his love of all forms of life, kills a mosquito on a fellow man's face. The film interweaves two love stories. There is the story of Valentin, an idealistic young writer visiting his idol, and Masha, a sexy, young, axe-swinging commune dweller who is at least twice as tough as Valentin. I'm not a huge fan of James McAvoy, but his playing of Valentin as a conflicted idealist was marvelous. The second story is the tempestuous marriage of Leo and Sofya -- complicated Sofya's battle with the Tolstoyans over Tolstoy's estate. Sofya wants the money to support herself and her family; the Tolstoyans need it to further their movement. Helen Mirren and Paul Giamatti (as Vladimir Chertkov, leader of the Tolstoyans) are phenomenal as the antagonists.
As a film, "The Last Station" stands well on its own. But to a history geek like me, the extra dollop of background on the writer, his family, hectic life, high-minded ideals and devoted group of disciples made the film a standout.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-08-26
Summary: "All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
I give this film 4 stars mostly because of Helen Mirren's wonderful performance as Sofiya Tolstaya. She really made you empathize with her character, as it seems Michael Hoffman wanted us to. The only problem is that Vladimir Chertkov was not such a bad guy in real life. He set up a publishing company called Intermediary 25 years before that published a great number of Russian writers including Tolstoy, Chekhov and Leskov, and was fully committed to the ideals and legacy of Tolstoy, not in stealing Yasnaya Polyana out from under dear Sofiya.
Not having read the novel, I can't say how many of these artistic liberties were that of Hoffman or the author Jay Parini, but what is frustrating about the story is the way these competing characters are played out pretty much like a standard melodrama with Valentin Bulgakov (seemingly a surrogate for Parini) as the active narrator, finding his true love among the idyllic charms of Tolstoy's experimental village.
Like most of the other characters in this story, Bulgakov is real, although he shouldn't be confused with the more famous Mikhail Bulgakov who later gave us The Master and Margarita. Valentin clearly takes the side of Sofiya in the dispute over the will that becomes the central drama of this story. Chertkov is seen less as the aristocratic philanthropist, which he was, but rather a self-serving executor who tries to claim the publishing rights to all of Tolstoy's literary work, denying poor Sofiya a way of perpetuating the estate, which the cinematic Tolstoy clearly denounces.
The wild-eyed Valentin eventually trades in his self-imposed celibacy for the love of Masha, which seemed a forgone conclusion despite the less-than-manly way in which he wielded an axe. But, it seems willing men were in short supply on the Tolstoy farm and Masha figured Valentin's idealism easy enough to overcome.
Sadly, this story does little more than distract the viewer away from the wonderful relationship developed between Mirren and Christopher Plummer, especially the wonderful bedroom scene which fully upstages that of Valentin and Masha. Mirren and Plummer fill their roles with theatrical vigor worthy of a Moscow stage, while McAvoy and Condon come across like typical British television.
But, most annoying of all is Giamatti as Chertkov. Not that I don't like Giamatti, but he is clearly miscast as the Russian publisher, giving viewers a totally wrong impression of this great man. I guess Hoffman and/or Parini needed a villain for this story and Giamatti turns Chertkov into Boris Badenov.
Anyway, the movie is great fun if you take it for what it is, a melodrama, and not a evocation on Tolstoy's Last Days.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-23
Summary: "Beautiful film that will be hard to forget!"
Excellence! That is the only word I could think of when I finished watching this film. I had heard from friends that it was depressing and so I had shied away until it came out on DVD but I really shouldn't have because this movie has everything that a fantastic movie should: great actors, a wonderful story, superb screenwriting, and interesting characters (amongst other things).
Christopher Plummer plays Leo Tolstoy who is at the end of his life and at odds with himself, the ideologies that he created, his family, and followers. Helen Mirren pulls out an exceptional performance as Tolstoy's wife, former muse, confidante, and eventual nemesis. However, this movie is not just about the dissolution of a marriage (though that is certainly an excellent piece). It's also about Tolstoy's legacy and those who will fight tooth and nail to preserve it even if it means casting aside his wife. James McAvoy is called in to be a secretary to Tolstoy. Yet it soon becomes clear that he was actually hired to be a spy for Tolstoy's aid who is trying to change the writer's will so that Tolstoy's wife will receive none of the royalties to her husband's own works. As it becomes clear that Tolstoy is in his last days, those around him scramble to secure their needs before the great artist is laid to rest.
It was only when the credits finally rolled that I realized I hadn't breathed in over two hours. Each scene was magnificent in every possible way from the acting to the cinematography. The script was so tight that I don't think I could find a single loose end to complain about. Mirren's portrayal of Tolstoy's jilted wife was filled with such complexity that I found myself in total awe of her performance. McAvoy's character development was to be believed! His ability to go from a naive writer who worshiped the master Tolstoy to a realistic and forgiving man who acknowledged his heroes faults and successes was brilliantly nuanced. Of course the film would have been quite different had Plummer not made such a remarkable performance. He allowed the contradictions within Tolstoy's character to truly show without making him appear insincere or fickle. Truly an excellent film and one that I hope will last for years to come!
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-08-23
Summary: "A Story Without a Soul"
Sidney Lumet said the first thing he asked before making a movie was: What is the story?
The story of The Last Station is about Tolstoy's torn between his political/philosophy belief
and his family, namely his wife.
Despite a good cast, the film fails to convey Tolstoy as a person being manipulated by his
followers and his true feelings about his family.
Helen Mirren made a good effort. Christopher Plummer may be a wrong casting choice.
The only actor that managed to convey any true emotion was James McAvoy.
This is a story lacking its soul and the filmmakers failed to identify/convey this key element that
makes a good drama.
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-08-20
Summary: "A Disaster From Beginning To End"
I had high hopes for this film about the last days of Leo Tolstoy featuring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren with Paul Giamatti, but I thought it would never end. In fact, I could not watch the final minutes. One star is overly generous for this 113 minute train wreck by director Michael Hoffman. The photography is washed out and the score is totally uninteresting. What else can I say? I believe Mr. Hoffman should go back to making documentaries about obscure American football teams.