The Ascent

“Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent. One of the greatest directors in the history of the medium. She was married to Elem Klimov and died too young. She’s someone that I think about often, reference, and I cherish all of her four pictures that she made before she passed away.”

“I know there was one that I saw Cate Blanchett say, 'Oh my gosh, this film is just so amazing.' I literally wrote it down because it was like, 'Well, I've got to see that.' The Ascent, there it is right there. Okay, so I know nothing about this film, The Ascent, but Cate Blanchett said it was really good, so I'm going to take a look. Thank you, Cate.”

“The Ascent that has to be owned by every single human in the world have you ever seen it Larisa Shepitko's one of my favorite no I've never seen it's so beautiful I mean it's unbelievable she's like literally inventing shots but what you know what it does between these two soldiers who are trying to escape the German forces the way it's shot the way you're left with what you're left with at the end it's it's absolutely heartbreaking you can't unsee that...”