InSkazka,AlexanderSokurovweavesdigitalmagictocreateaphantasmagoricalvisionoftheAfterlife,worthyofDanteButwait:areweinthelimboofPurgatory,oraparadoxicalParadisereservedfornotoriousmenofworldhistoryMussolini,Stalin,Hitler,Churchillandmore:allarepresentandaccountedforSincetheyexistonlyasarchivalmediaimages,eachfigurecomesinaserialset
　　Intheblackestofpoliticalcomedies,thesefallenmenbeg,inturn,tobeletthroughHeaven’sGate–buttheangelswhopeekthroughneveropenwideLittlewonder,astheformerleaderswanderlistlessly,bitchinginaBabelofmultiplelanguagesabouteachother’sclothes,hairandhygiene
　　Inwhatiseffectivelyaworkofanimation,SokurovhaspulledtogethermanytalentsintoanextraordinarytechnologicalfeatItblendspictorialelementsfromarthistorytoformanendlesslyunfoldinglandscape,repletewithfogandghostlyarmiesofthesacrificedvictimsofhistoryAnnouncedasSokurov’slastfilm,SkazkaisaninspiredriffonthehighcultureofPeterGreenawaymixedwiththelowcultureofmashupartistsSoda_JerkCanwenowexpectsomeentrepreneurtobringustheinteractiveSkazkavideogame