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Mixtureofdocumentaryandfictionaboutthedictatorial1930s.Witharchivefootageof'kinonewsreels',ascriptthatislooselybasedontheutopianfantasiesofFritzLangandabouttheforbiddenpassionateloveaffairbetweenaphotographerandhismodel.TheDarkNighttakesOlegKovalovalittleclosertohistarget:towriteacompletehistoryofthetwentiethcenturyinthelanguageoffilm.Notadocumentaryorchronologicalhistory,butalyrical,subjectiveandpoetichistory.InSergeiEisenstein-AnAutobiography,wewitnessedthestormy1920sandtheblossomingcultureofthatera,inScorpion'sGardenwesawtheparanoiaoftheColdWarandthethawthatfollowed.TheDarkNight,justlikeConcertforaRatbefore,isonthesubjectofthedictatorial1930s.Kovalovhaslittlefaithinthedocumentaryasameanstofindtruth.Hedoesnotthinkthatthetruthcanbefoundwithinexistinggenres.Sohisfilmstransgressthosegenres.Documentaryandfictionarejustasdifficulttodistinguishinhisworkasfictionalcharactersfromconcretepeopleinoldnewsreelsandotherarchivefootage.ThatalsogoesforTheDarkNight.ThefilmcombinesarchivefootagefromtheThirdReichwithascriptthatislooselybasedonthefantasiesofFritzLang:alyricalthrillerwithhorrorelements.Asthestylisedblack&whiteimageshaveallbeenshotinreconstructedstudiosets,thefilmhasthemoodofthe1930scinema.
