Released on = January 13, 2007, 11:43 am

Press Release Author = VM-Productions

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = VM-Productions movie Shades of Day is selected by Rutgers
University for their Cinema Studies Program together with the big movie classics.
The students list their interesting impressions of the movie on VM-Productions web
site.


Press Release Body = VM-Productions is pleased to announce that their latest movie
\"Shades of Day\" has been selected by Rutgers University Professor Gerald Pirog for
inclusion in his course, Dostoevsky and Cinema. The film is used in the course,
along with classic works by Bertolucci, Scorsese, Bresson, Visconti, Schrader and
Kurosawa. Student comments on \"Shades of Day\" have been overwhelmingly positive, and
are posted on VM-Productions recently launched website, http://www.shadesofday.com

\"We\'re extremely pleased\", says Vitaly Sumin, director, writer and producer for
VM-Productions, \"that \'Shades of Day\' has been selected by Professor Pirog. Also, we
are really excited about the interesting impressions by the Rutgers University
students for whom Professor Pirog screened \"Shades of Day.\" We believe that these
students represent an important and authentic part of the audience for the film.

\"I personally like the movie...\"
Professor Gerald Pirog

\"Vitaly Sumin had created a film that, at the same time is both realistic and
somewhat dream-like. Even though movies such as the Shades of Day are not meant to
be taken as reality by a viewer, I thought that this particular movie tended to have
more realistic views of life and love than did the others on Dostoevsky\'s \"White
Nights\". Sumin made it seem that Linda is lost, she wants something, a man, but she
doesn\'t know who. That is why she falls in love so easily with so many. Do they
offer her something she can\'t find in one? Or is it that she can\'t or doesn\'t want
to be without any of them by choosing the wrong one?...\"
Maria Klushina

Sumin\'s \"Shades of Day\" is a very original and modern adaptation of Dostoevsky\'s
White Nights. While the film was dramatically modernizing Dostoevsky\'s text, it kept
to the major ideas of it. At times it kept to the original text but at other times
it was completely different. Overall I found it enjoyable and interesting, both the
plot and acting.
Raven Hilton

The relationships in this version are very sexual in nature, and I think Sumin is
trying to demonstrate the confusion of emotions that people experience, along with
the perplexity of reconciling love with sex. I enjoyed this film and appreciated the
unique take on Dostoevsky\'s original work.
Paul C. Hubbard

ABOUT THE MOVIE

\"Shades of Day\" is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky\'s classic novella \"White Nights,\"
considered to be one of the greatest love stories ever written. With \"Shades..,\" the
tale is transported from pre-Soviet Russia to modern day Los Angeles. It\'s the first
film release of VM-Productions ambitious \"Dostoevsky-LA\" project, comprising modern
day adaptations of classic Dostoevsky novels. Slated for future production are
\"Notes From The Underground, LA\" (in preparation for a shoot), \"Crime and
Punishment, LA\" and \"Idiot, LA.\"

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Vitaly Sumin has worked as a co-writer and producer on numerous productions. His
script \"Idiot\", received a development grant from The Warner Bros. Fund. Sumin\'s
award-winning short film \"From Womb To Tomb\", which he wrote, directed, edited and
produced, made a world tour of important festivals. To read an interview with Vitaly
Sumin by Lisa Pinckard, please visit: http://www.shadesofday.com

ABOUT VM-PRODUCTIONS

VM-Productions is developing and producing quality films based on original stories
and masterpieces of the world literature dealing with a variety of contemporary
issues often neglected by mainstream cinema (both by the studios and the
\'independents\'.) VM Productions produces some of its movies under the sponsorship of
the prestigious, 34 year old, non-profit organization New Playwrights Foundation
(NPF) of California, focusing on the support of highly original local writers and
filmmakers.




Web Site = http://www.shadesofday.com

Contact Details = Vitaly Sumin
VM-Productions
1247 Lincoln Blvd, #172
Santa Monica, CA
USA 90401
Phone: 310-359-9969
vm_prod@hotmail.com