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"From Russia, Without Love: New Movie Slams Soviet Union"

Posted by clarkjohnsen on June 23, 2007 at 08:24:00:
[Has anyone else ever wondered why the greatest evil of the Twentieth Century -- Stalin and his USSR -- always seem to get a pass from Hollywood? Always it's the Nazis. Anyway, here's the WSJ on a home-grown Russian movie that tackles the topic.

Oh, yes: Ninotchka. That great movie did, in a long sequence, fabulously portray the dullness of Soviet life and the irritable passivity of Soviet subjects.

Now, excerpts.]

MOSCOW -- For nearly a decade, director Alexei Balabanov and producer Sergei Selyanov have ridden a rising wave of nationalism in Russia to box office success with tales of local heroes triumphing over Chechen separatists, American crime bosses, and underworld hit men.

But their latest film, set in 1984, has left audiences feeling uncomfortable by taking aim at a new target: the Soviet Union. The gritty thriller, set in 1984 in the USSR's twilight years, has triggered controversy with an unremittingly bleak and violent portrayal of the period.