Found footage and found sound. Badly solarized training films, documentary fragments, speeches of USSR party leaders and rock ‘n’ roll form a horrifying picture of media pressure.
Also in this combined programme
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The Severe Illness of Men
A man, partly bandaged, wanders through an industrial landscape. His wandering is interwoven with excerpts from science films and from the film Chapae -
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Revolutionary Sketch
Collage of Soviet newsreel images, animation and feature around the theme permanent revolution. -
Boris and Gleb
Two characters are linked to important namesakes from Russian history.
Film details
- Country of production
- USSR
- Year
- 1984
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 16'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL