Come and See (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

This film is very intense and gives a glimpse of WWll through the eyes of Russians in 1943. I don't want to give any spoilers, but it's 100% subtitled so you must be in the mood for reading the script. It's a great film

Amazing movie that everyone should see but it is scary.

One of the best war movies ive ever seen. Criterion did it justice

This movie is a terrifyingly realistic horror movie, if you prefer historic war genres that like to show the other side of the story I recommend this movie, but know this, it's not a typical war movie with the hero saving the day or unnecessary comedic relief characters, the movie can be overwhelming at times but deserves every bit of hype.

Was told I should watch this. It's a sick and twisted movie. Brings to life the truths of war and how certain people's beliefs lead a whole country to commit war crimes. And commit them with pride and joy. Regardless of what people like to say I saw a whole population cheering and celebrating and that wasn't very long ago.

Great Upscaling to blu-ray of a classic. Really the quality of the picture deserves more, where CRITERION falls short is that they got greedy. There’s literally nothing extra with it. No DVD. No 4k option. BUT the worst offense: no digital. There’s simply no reason that digital didn’t come with it since it wasn’t at a super cheap price point to negate any extras.

Few artists are Masters like Shakespeare, most everything they make becomes a classic, but also few are like Miguel de Cervantes, a creator of a single piece of art that is on par with Masters like Shakespeare, sure, it's only one, but one is enough for eternity, and forever is a long time. The Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky may be the Shakespeare of Soviet cinema, but Klimov is their Cervantes, and their ain't nothing to be ashamed of in that. Come And See is a thing of beauty, a thing of terror, a thing unique. The film stands as an unnerving nightmare of human cruelty at its apex, a sad and angering film, a movie that makes the slogan "never again" have weight and meaning. Many films on the holocaust or second world war fail to hurt the viewer in the way they should, battering you like a violent blow, Come And See does not do this, Klimov takes his time, he slowly builds and builds his horror show, in many ways the film uses horror film tropes, but not in the same way. Klimov mounts a dread that continues for such a long period of time that, even when you think the tension is being relieved, or should be relieved, you find it stays, it stays and stays and stays, until finally, in the last twenty or so minutes, it releases, not in some explosive finale, but in a draw out expulsion of bile and viciousness; the very release of tension itself is an unpleasant process, it gnaws and claws at the viewer, makes you beg it to cease, and when it finally does, all that's left, is an empty sorrow. Klimov, in the making of this film, seems, like some sort of dark magician, slowly performing a ritual, whose end goal is, for just a second, to peel back the curtain of time, and though he cannot show you what happened, he can, at the very least, let you hear Hitler's victims screams; and damn does he not get close enough. Upon seeing this film, any artist will envy its craft, as any person will feel repelled from its cruelty. It is an uncompromising vision, bold in its artistry, and hard to watch; all at the same time. Though it may have been Klimov's final film, their is no shame in going out on such a high note, hell, I don't even blame him; if I'd been as lucky as he, to make such a magnum opus, how could I resist. It is, as it's title suggests, a film to be seen.

Another fine installment in the movies that cause panic attacks cinematic universe. Criterion delivered a lovely transfer with excellent sound & picture quality. The bonus materials were also very insightful.

One thing is important to say: This film is not for the faint of heart. It is an incredibly intense and realistic depiction of the atrocities committed by the Germans in Belerussia, while also being a psychedelic horror film at the same time. Simply put, it's one of my favorite movies I've ever seen. Very highly recommended.

Great classic movie. The quality of the video is now awesome. The only let down is the classic stereo sound. If your going to go to effort to restore a classic movie, surely for a war movie they should have ugraded the audio to some surround audo format.

Es excelente estoy maravillado por fin pude tener esta gran obra de filmación , con una imagen y sonido espectacular debo decir que no cuenta con subtítulos al español solo en inglés pero no importa recuerdo haberla visto como en el 2004 en el canal C7 de tv abierta así que 100% recomendable porque estás películas ya no se encuentran fácilmente

The product came exactly as expected. Very good handling during shipping and all. Important note: This Criterion disc is one of few where the disc is playable both in Region A and B, regardless if it's an UK import or not. Thumbs up!

It is a Great movie and is well deserving of masterpiece statis but definitely not for everybody. It's a very dark film and shows a lot of very adult themes and subjects so would highly recommend for adults +18 or if needed for a film class assignment