BTS Blog Archive

29 June

Fusing Russian Literature and Steampunk for Sci-Fi Genre Experimentation

Written by Tony Caro

Is there such a creature as ‘Russian steampunk literature’? No rule exists barring someone from combining traditional Russian classics literary themes with steampunk sci-fi conventions. Maybe a creative “mashup” is in the works somewhere. If not, it should be....

#FyodorDostoyevsky, Free e-books, Jules Verne, Our Method of Producing, russian literature, science-fiction, Shades of Blood, Shades of Day, steampunk, The Missing Screenwriter Robert Hurley, Vitaly Sumin, VM Productions BTS Blog, Dostoyevsky Reimagined Leave a Comment

14 June

When Zen Met Existentialism in Notes from Underground

Written by Tony Caro

Zen and existentialism appear to be bitterly opposite philosophies. At least that how perceptions appear to those who don’t delve deeply into either philosophies. Those perceptions do harm opinions about the philosophies. Zen theory suffers from the stereotypical depiction...

#FyodorDostoyevsky, Book to movie adaptation, Dostoevsky Reimagined - BTS, Dostyevsky-Los Angeles Project, existentialism, Notes from the New World, Notes From the Underground, VM Productions, zen BTS Blog, Dostoyevsky Reimagined, RSS FEED Leave a Comment

23 April

Spring Notes and Impressions on Winter Notes on Summer Impressions by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Written by Debbie Hockey

I stumbled upon this book in a charity shop in England while looking for second-hand DVDs of film classics. I hadn’t known about its existence previously, but I was intrigued by the blurb. Actually, no, whatever the blurb had...

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23 March

Easter Competition

Written by Jade

Easter is coming and what better way to celebrate than with an Easter Egg Hunt competition! We are offering you the chance to get your name in the credits of our movie, making this the perfect prize...

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10 March

Is ‘A Weak Heart’ a Weak Story? A Pseudo-Psychological Review

Written by Felix Purat

Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most esteemed (albeit easily misinterpreted) thinkers of all time, once referred to Fyodor Dostoyevsky as “the only psychologist from whom I’ve anything to learn.” This was, to be sure, long before Freud, whose first...

#FyodorDostoyevsky, Crime and punishment, Crime&Punishment-LA, Dostoyevsky-LA Project, faint heart, Free Books, Vitaly Sumin, VM Productions-US, Weak heart BTS Blog, Dostoyevsky Reimagined Leave a Comment

01 February

Has our screenwriter joined a cult?

Written by Jade

Our screenwriter Robert Hurley was just an ordinary young man trying to pursue his dream career when he met a woman and fell in love. It should have been a happy ending, right? The woman he fell in...

#HelpFindHurley, Conspiracy theory, Cult, cults, Dark Onto Light, missing persons, Our screenwriter is missing, The missing screenwriter BTS Blog, Dostoyevsky Reimagined Leave a Comment

22 January

5 Cult Classic Comedy Films That Perfectly Illuminate The Humorous Side Of Existential Dread

Written by Rachael Rumancek

Not often do we equate Fyodor Dostoevsky’s concept of Existentialism with comedy, but the truth of it is that the two pair together quite well. It can be difficult to define yourself as anything short of being a cynic when...

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22 November

Huge Christmas Competition!

Written by Jade

Our Christmas competition is the biggest we have ever done! For the first time, we are running our exciting competition across 3 of our social media sites for two weeks only, meaning all Instagram, Twitter and Facebook users can...

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21 November

More Russian Classics: 5 Reasons to read Netochka Nezvanova

Written by Felix Purat

Those familiar with Dostoyevsky’s Russian classics are just as familiar with his strangely iconic characters: Roddy Raskolnikov, the penniless murderer with a Napoleon complex; the Karamazov Brothers, enveloped in all their complexities despite somehow being related to each other;...

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26 October

5 Films Where Life Imitated Art

Written by Jade

Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life”. This is a saying we at VM Productions know to be uncomfortably true. When director Vitaly Sumin wanted to explore this theory in the plot of...

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