This movie is an excellent piece of the art of a documentary cinematography. A very powerful context of Z. Fraud texts is in a perfect alignment with a flow of the historical video-documents, the sounds of music and the human voice of S. Yursky. It is about humanity in general, it is about us on this planet. It sounds as actual as 20 years before... Psychology of human nature on a background of most dramatic events of XX-st century. A brief reflection on human mind development from the perspective of the most influential figure of modern western culture. An expressive statement of Sergey Zagdansky as an artist and a man. My appreciation to all members of the movie crew.
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Psychoanalyzing the USSR
King_of_Schwing15 June 2003
The story of the Soviet Union through the eyes of Sigmund Freud's ghost. Very non-traditional, in that there are no actors or even action in the traditional sense. The film consists of a lot of archival documentary footage, with the Freud character commenting on how events unfolded from a psychological/sociological viewpoint. It's not a dry history lesson, but rather a fascinating deconstruction of this portion of Russian and world history. The film itself deconstructs toward the end, as the fourth wall is broken. I'd say this wouldn't have worked if it was drawn out any longer than the hour it runs. As it is, a fascinating examination of a country that's, at best, an unwilling patient.
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