I was hesitant to watch it because of the negative connotations associated with the title, for obvious reasons. Z turned out to be one of the most realistic political thrillers I've ever seen. The bold and shameless abuse of power and the omnipresent corruption are depicted in one of the most dynamic ways imaginable.
However, glazing the so-called great russian culture and its "socialism" in the late 1960s, when the political imprisonment and many other atrocities of the soviet regime were still very much a reality, is hypocrisy in its purest form.
And yes, banning the tolstoyevsky isn't quite the tragedy they paint it to be.
I was hesitant to watch it because of the negative connotations associated with the title, for obvious reasons. Z turned out to be one of the most realistic political thrillers I've ever seen. The bold and shameless abuse of power and the omnipresent corruption are depicted in one of the most dynamic ways imaginable.
However, glazing the so-called great russian culture and its "socialism" in the late 1960s, when the political imprisonment and many other atrocities of the soviet regime were still very much a reality, is hypocrisy in its purest form.
And yes, banning the tolstoyevsky isn't quite the tragedy they paint it to be.