My blog reviews movies as political, historical or social commentary with intentional disregard for their artistic or cinematic value. One foe of American political scientists and economists is that they ignore movies as sources to inform them on changes in American culture, view exoticism as a hallmark of "foreigness" and, at the same time, impart American values and judgment to foreign movies.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Sokurov. Frankofonia.
A nasty propaganda rag contrasting the "civilized" French who complied with German occupation and thus saved French cultural treasures and the "barbaric" Russians who resisted and lost priceless art and immense lives. Cheesy scene of a German soldier running after a French girl, but she refuses and he abandons the pursuit. The contemporary story of the Dutch captain and his sinking ship imposed quite incoherently. By the way, the treasures of the Louvre are portrayed quite sketchily and with little artistic insight.
P.S. Did he know that the infamous Vel d'Hiv is in less than an hour's walk from the Louvre? Probably, yes.
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