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.
Unfortunately the movie Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Zulfikar Musakov | Director |
Writing | Zulfikar Musakov | Screenplay |
Writing | Rihsivoy Mukhamedzhanov | Screenplay |
Production | T. Boltobaev | Administration |
Production | N. Mamutov | Administration |
Sound | Mirkhalil Makhmudov | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Ulmaskhon Temirova | Lead Editor |
Art | Khamza Kadzhikulov | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | D. Zhemchugova | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Galina Geydelbakh | Makeup Designer |
Production | Farhad Abdusaidov | Production Manager |
Directing | Grigoriy Kim | Co-Director |
Directing | Ergash Muminov | Assistant Director |
Directing | A. Shaymardanov | Assistant Director |
Directing | M. Sultankhodzhaev | Assistant Director |
Sound | Vyacheslav Shin | Sound Director |
Visual Effects | R. Rasulov | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | A. Shkarin | Visual Effects Camera |
Visual Effects | Dmitriy Sideras | VFX Artist |
Visual Effects | Boris Vasilenko | Visual Effects Camera |
Camera | Talgat Mansurov | Director of Photography |
Camera | Aleksandr Travitskiy | Still Photographer |
Camera | Muzallar Zakirov | Camera Operator |
Editing | Mutobar Asadullaeva | Assistant Editor |
Writing | Roziya Mergenbaeva | Script Editor |
Crew | S. Khudaiberdyev | Thanks |
Crew | Steven Spielberg | In Memory Of |