Open wide spaces of panoramic desert views, soldiers perched high on their guard in an ancient, semi destructed fortress, waiting for an unseen enemy – the tartars – that for years and years never comes. Despite this inactivity, there is a total obedience to rules and regulations in the face of a non-existent enemy, which… Continue reading The Desert of the Tartars – Il Deserto dei Tartari (Valerio Zurlini – 1976)