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No, the video I posted is a review of said movie. The guy makes interesting reviews on crap movies. Constantly banging his head on the wall at how much crap the industry is producing.
I shall try to watch that movie you posted if I'll be able to.
I shall try to watch that movie you posted if I'll be able to.
"Song of Guardian Angels"
Just a nice music video made on streets of St. Petersburg.
Just a nice music video made on streets of St. Petersburg.
I'm not sure if it was translated to English though. If you are interested, I can recommend classic Soviet-made movies which were translated. Depending on what kind of movies you like.
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No, that's too classic
There are more recent movies, say from 70-s or 80-s, which are still interesting and popular in Russia.
Best Soviet movie !
A little bit heavy on the propaganda, but superb work of a master.
COME AND SEE
This one was described as a documentary horror movie. Hard to watch and definitely not a pop movie to relax in the evening.
As for propaganda, if anti-fascism counts as a propaganda then yes, the entire movie is about it.
But all of these are rather art movies - there are pretty good ones even made in recent years in Russia. Zvyagintsev's "The Return", "The Banishment". Shakhnazarov's "White Tiger", Sokurov's "The Sun" and others.
"The Geographer Drank His Globe Away" also comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographer_Drank_His_Globe_Away
As for propaganda, if anti-fascism counts as a propaganda then yes, the entire movie is about it.
But all of these are rather art movies - there are pretty good ones even made in recent years in Russia. Zvyagintsev's "The Return", "The Banishment". Shakhnazarov's "White Tiger", Sokurov's "The Sun" and others.
"The Geographer Drank His Globe Away" also comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographer_Drank_His_Globe_Away
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I have seen Zvyagintsev "Leviathan". Are "The Return", "The Banishment" same depressing?
My favorite Russian movie is probably "Utomljonnyje solncem".
Tarkovsky is too heavy on me, I went asleep during Stalker or Rublev, I plan to see at least Solaris.
My favorite Russian movie is probably "Utomljonnyje solncem".
Tarkovsky is too heavy on me, I went asleep during Stalker or Rublev, I plan to see at least Solaris.
I didn't watch "Leviathan" yet.
"The Return" and "The Banishment" are similar, but I wouldn't describe them as depressing. Rather kind of meditative. Operator's work is excellent, probably the best I've ever seen. From Zvyagintsev I would recommend "The Return" and "Elena", the latter has much simpler storyline than his other movies. And "The Banishment" is also good, but I felt it's a bit too complicated for me. As I know now, these movies require some background in art field to fully understand them.
It's not bad, but personally I don't like Mikhalkov neither as actor nor as director. If you are interested in movies about that period (Stalin's repressions, etc.), I recommend "Tomorrow was the war" (1987)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094369/
I watched it just recently for the first time and it leaves very strong impression.
Yes, Tarkovsky is very special. His "Andrey Rublev" is good, but I didn't understand Stalker at all. If you want something easier of Tarkovsky, watch "Ivan's childhood", one of his earlier works.
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And by the way, the novel which originally Stalker was based on, Strugatskie's "The Roadside Picnic" is an excellent example of Soviet science fiction.
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This is kind of loaded question, don't you think? 
Economical crisis is by definition a temporary thing, which eventually will abate. The only question is how deep and long it's going to be.
According to IMF and World Bank prognosis, Russian GDP will return to 1%-2% growth in 2017.
But I feel your question is rather about sanctions and whether they will make Russia 'behave'.
Believe or not, vast majority of our people confident that we are doing right thing. That we should stand for our national interests and stop backing down, like we did in 1990-2005.
Economical crisis is by definition a temporary thing, which eventually will abate. The only question is how deep and long it's going to be.
According to IMF and World Bank prognosis, Russian GDP will return to 1%-2% growth in 2017.
But I feel your question is rather about sanctions and whether they will make Russia 'behave'.
Believe or not, vast majority of our people confident that we are doing right thing. That we should stand for our national interests and stop backing down, like we did in 1990-2005.
This is kind of loaded question, don't you think?
Economical crisis is by definition a temporary thing, which eventually will abate. The only question is how deep and long it's going to be.
According to IMF and World Bank prognosis, Russian GDP will return to 1%-2% growth in 2017.
But I feel your question is rather about sanctions and whether they will make Russia 'behave'.
Believe or not, vast majority of our people confident that we are doing right thing. That we should stand for our national interests and stop backing down, like we did in 1990-2005.
I'm actually quite concerned for what happens because of the mobilization of Russian forces recently and now our status being at Defcon 4. Is there anything that could persuade you that maybe you're headed down the wrong path by going it alone? Would China's opinions weigh on you at all?
There is no mobilization. And Putin is not insane to provoke military conflict with NATO. The major short term threat is Syria - Russian defense ministry declared that planes and missiles attacking Syrian government troops will be shot down, because they put Russian personnel working in Syria, in danger. The most realistic scenario when something really bad happens is that USA tries to test Russian resolve there.
What you mean? We are not isolated, only relations with the Western world deteriorated to the Cold War levels. Relations with China are better than they ever been in last 60 years. There are even talks about possible future alliance, though this is purely hypothetical by now.
I don't see the situation improves anytime soon. What we really have to do now, is to reduce risk of a big war by defining rules of play, similar to the ones which existed in first Cold War.
And of course, start long work to resolve the conflict diplomatically. Basing on common grounds which we still have and mutual respect, which we don't have anymore but must restore.
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The weird thing is what the Russian apparently want or think they need.
It's one thing to stick up for oneself, it's another to piss all over the otherwise agreed upon rules of conduct, designed to make the world less dangerous, at the same time implicitly expecting everyone else to stick to them (apparently while the Russian tell themselves this is because everyone else is cowardly and venal) while explicitly denying they do already. Which is effectively Russia's foreign policy at this point.
There's nothing weird about it, we know what we want.
Well, I'm sorry you've got such bad perception of Russian foreign policy. Is there a question you want to ask?
I have been analysing who is the biggest culprit in regard to twisting rules of international conduct and the biggest treat to world peace and I agree with the majority of the world:
http://ijr.com/2015/03/279944-country-named-biggest-threat-world-peace/
Naturally its quite rational that if the country with the biggest military budget and potential is viewed as the biggest treat its going to have a tremendous impact on everyone else and you cant expect the rest to stick to international law to the letter since that would mean pretending its a sunny day while the hurricane is going on -- itsnt the way the self-respecting and sane individual would act.
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Not sure if Russia is drinking too much of that drink that they drink all the time and Iam not suppose to mention
But this attempt to rewrite History of ww2 especially mentioning the "Non aggression pact" in which Russia allied with Nazi Germany is just insane. Of course the allowed Hitler to fight a one front war and help unleash WW2
Is this a crackdown on Journalism in Russia ?
Or are Russians overly sensitive to WW2 ?
Even the new movie which is based on Soviet lies which were made up cannot be criticized. (I will probably watch, because the one thing Russia are good at is WW2 movies) Its just that claiming it is "sacred" is just silly
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But this attempt to rewrite History of ww2 especially mentioning the "Non aggression pact" in which Russia allied with Nazi Germany is just insane. Of course the allowed Hitler to fight a one front war and help unleash WW2
Is this a crackdown on Journalism in Russia ?
Or are Russians overly sensitive to WW2 ?
Even the new movie which is based on Soviet lies which were made up cannot be criticized. (I will probably watch, because the one thing Russia are good at is WW2 movies) Its just that claiming it is "sacred" is just silly
Under this law, Vladimir Luzgin, a blogger from Perm region in the Urals, was fined 200,000 roubles ($3,200; £2,500) for reposting an article about the war on the Russian social network VK (VKontakte), the daily Kommersant reported in July.
The court ruled that Luzgin posted an article with knowingly false information about a joint invasion of Poland by German and Soviet forces on 1 September 1939.
The court said Luzgin had falsified history by stating "that the communists and Germany jointly attacked Poland, unleashing World War Two, or in other words, that Communism and Nazism co-operated honestly".
In September, Russia's Supreme Court ruled that the punishment of Luzgin was justified.
Nazi Germany and the USSR signed a non-aggression pact in August 1939 - the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol, they agreed to carve up Poland between them.
In another incident, last year, the authorities in Sverdlovsk region banned the works of two British historians - Antony Beevor and John Keegan - saying they were imbued with Nazi propaganda. The Vedomosti daily described (in Russian) the order to remove the books from public libraries as "full of nonsense from start to finish".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37595972
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