All the hype around the 'truth' about Soviet Union is appalling. After Russian movie-makers "broke free" from the "totalitarian hell" there is nothing to stop them from making any kind of black fiction story their imagination can possibly produce. The Hollywood may have self-censorship to not put a maniac into police uniform, but it clearly was not the case with Balabanov. His original idea was apparently create a picture as shocking to the public as possible, and he succeeded well.
All of you guys who still fight the Cold war in 2013 are like that madman who reads aloud war letters in a room with two corpses.
All of you guys who still fight the Cold war in 2013 are like that madman who reads aloud war letters in a room with two corpses.