Posted on 01/26/2018 12:10:59 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
Stalin’s great-grandson Yakov Dzhugashvili said he had not watched “The Death of Stalin” but nevertheless supported the Russian ministry’s move to withdraw its distribution license.
“How can a person be considered a human if death is a reason for them to laugh? That is subhuman,” he told the Govorit Moskva radio station Wednesday.
The Kremlin has said Russia’s Culture Ministry did not exercise censorship when it revoked the screening license of a satire on the death of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
The ministry revoked the distribution license for “The Death of Stalin” over “ideological animosity,” two days ahead of its nationwide release this week, sparking a public outcry.
In the last 27 years, Russia has failed to discuss an extremely important topic, which is that totalitarian regimes consider the use violence not just a tool, but as an end in itself. According to the official Russian line, violence was perpetrated by unnamed “dark forces” acting under Western influence, or else it simply happened “by itself,” with nobody to blame. The Iannucci film exposes that violence to the naked light and calls it by its name. This is unexpected in a comedy, and the evil stands out in greater relief as a result.
- Andrei Arkhangelsky
Stalin’s great-grandson lends his opinion on Kremlin’s latest move to control the historical record.
“How can a person be considered a human if death is a reason for them to laugh? That is subhuman.”
He’s not a fan of Quentin Tarantino, obviously.
Or his great-grandfather?
“He’s not a fan of Quentin Tarantino, obviously.”
The “Hateful Eight” shows the real way to treat a lady.
I remember the 1950s when the USSR was offended by a show about THE LAST DAYS OF STALIN.
Can’t please everyone.
This is one of the few films I’m looking forward to watching.
I think that’s the point of this pieces of news (among others): that in several respects - Russia has reverted back to USSR times.
There were two prominent movies about Stalin made in the 90s, “The Inner Circle” and “Stalin” (with Robert Duval).
Can you find them anywhere on DVD? I can’t, wonder why that is?
Good movie out now on Netflix, called “Milada” about Milada Horáková, a Czech politician who was murdered by the Communists.
Can't remember if it was even available "on demand", but DVD sales were happening a few years ago.
Perhaps the Russian gov't/tyrant sympathizer bought the rights?
Such as like Tom Hanks [allegedly] buying the rights to that "drag" sitcom he was in? (He was probably more embarrassed by the quality of the production as a whole, rather than the transvestite aspect.)
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