i be young film student in 1979 when the union of the soviet filmmaker come to sofia bulgaria and premier konchalovsky siberiade while tarkosvky stalker and daneliaa autumn marathon . i be stun by the cosmopolitan dimension of the art form . then and only then and i saw siberiade 4 and half hour epic and be speechless . way well then bertolucci 1900. by far . hope andron will somehow get to the negative and make director restored version full lenght someday . on dvd of course . also i fiercely fight in defense of this cinema against most of my colleague who be equate soviet film with bad taste . time be on my side .