Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

89 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1991

Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.

Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

89 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1991

Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Vatan
Original title Абдулладжан, или Посвящается Стивену Спилбергу
Directors Zulfikar Musakov
Writers Rihsivoy Mukhamedzhanov, Zulfikar Musakov

Cast

Rudzhab Adashev

as Базарбай

Tuychi Aripov

as председатель (Раис-ота)

Tuti Yusupova

as Холида, жена Базарбая

Shukhrat Kayumov

as Абдуладжан

Vladimir Menshov

as Иван Иванович Нахлобучко

Javlon Hamraev

as Юлдаш

Vladimir Tsvetov

as Владимир Цветов тележурналист

Khojiakbar Nurmatov

as Хасанбай бухгалтер

Jamal Khashimov

as Маткаул

Abror Tursunov

as шофер председателя

Ergash Muminov

as Болтобай сын Базарбая