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Will it have an international theatrical release ?

posted 16 years ago by wiltvid
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Or is that one of the other really good pruductions that will be just made for the russian speaking puplic.
Is the west blocking russian movies for political reasons?

[–] allblacks-1 16 years ago

Unlikely. It's ok to watch it on DVD - the movie is not that good really. It was intented to be a mini-series and it was shot as a mini-series. And they will air it as a mini-series in Russia... So it passes way to quick - no character development, questonable motives. If you know Russian history - you will be able to understand (you'll still have questions though - like "hmm... was it really like that? I've heard and read different...") if you don't - it will seems like a number of episodes simply edited togehter and loosely connected.

[–] Thusnelda 16 years ago

the west blocking russian movies for political reasons?

Of course - particularly when they are anti-communist!

And not only Russian but also movies from other countries, and not only movies, but also books etc.

This kind of "censorship" doesn't necessarily have to explicitly prohibit certain productions -
practically the same effect is achieved by not dubbing or translating them or not giving them much time in media campaigns or book reviews.

Therefore, the "big masses", particularly those who don't speak foreign languages, stay "ignorant":
On paper censorship doesn't always take place,
in reality censorhip is common.

Those relatively few "intellectuals" watching foreign movies on small film festivals or on DVD or reading books in foreign languages or from an uncommon political perspective - they don't count, since in a democracy, by definition, the ("dumb") masses rule (or better: those people who "rule" the "dumb masses").

Yours,

Thusnelda

PS:

Gustave le Bon: "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind", 1896

"GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=2LpXVPguRvo

[–] Strausszek 15 years ago

Would really like to see this in a theatre, both because some of the subject matter is interesting - when did you lst see a movie on the Russian revolution showing it from the "white" side? - and because some of it was actually shot in Siberia. Unfortunately nearly no post-Soviet Russian films make it to theatres in Scandiinavia and probably not this one.

After the revolution everything will be different. Your password is 'Giliap'!