‘Nous partîmes cinq cents; mais par un prompt renfort nous nous vîmes trois mille en arrivant au port.’ –Pierre Corneille
{ One of the film’s 210,000 extras | Five years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history. Armed with total creative control, he invaded a Ukrainian city, marshaled a cast of thousands and thousands, and constructed a totalitarian society in which the cameras are always rolling and the actors never go home. | GQ | full story }
