Score it 10/10. Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper. The Bolsheviks downstairs are pleased: after all, those who live lives fit for dogs deserve better. And it's almost a perfect moment, except that the joy is mixed. The professor experiments on the dog, who soon begins to transform into a man. Heart of a Dog was actually the first of his manuscripts the authorities confiscated. I put my head to her forehead. Incredibly clever, hilarious and dramatic at the same time. Besides being a cutting analysis of the collectivist mindset, this film is FUNNY! A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in "12 Chairs," now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2016. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Comedy, Certificate: TV-13 Adventure. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care. Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2019. Professor Preobrazhensky and his colleague place some human parts into a dog named Sharik. Criterion Collection Edition #846 HEART OF A DOG marks the first feature film in thirty years by multimedia artist Laurie Anderson. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done. After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR - Moskovskiy Ugolovny Rozysk (Moscow Criminal Police). It never gets old, and I find something new with every viewing. Check out the lineup of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix this month, including The Trial of the Chicago 7. Faithful panorama of life in Soviet Union, Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019. An adult dog's resting heart rate ranges between 60 to 160 beats per minute. And no one says anything like, "You know, this is not a human baby. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name. View production, box office, & company info. It is hilarious if you understand Russian. 46 of 50 people found this review helpful. Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2013. Was this review helpful to you? Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Yet how will the professor cope with this strange animal? One of the most excellent movies ever produced in Russia and certainly the best one made during the decline of the USSR. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all. Furthermore, many of the issues remain relevant to our own times and probably all times--in particular the notion that human beings can be manipulated into being perfect.