My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Final Paper)
The IMBD description of this film reads something like “Ivan Lapshin is the head of the local police in the 1930’s and he does what he needs to do”. The immediate film that pops into my mind is a menacing bad ass action film about a cop who doesn’t take any crap from anyone. However, what we get in reality is a man’s reflections and memories of his childhood. It’s the story of the police and other “grownups” that occupy the same apartment as this boy. This is a really interesting choice the filmmakers made here as it adds so many things to every shot we see on screen. We only see this boy a few times in the background or walking down the hallway, he is not “in the room” per say when most of the events depicted on screen happen. Meaning this is not first-hand information, or even second hand, it’s third hand. The events happen, the characters involved in these events talk about it around the flat and keep people updated, the young boy’s dad hears this and learns of the happenings. Then...
