Bronetyomkin Ponosets

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2006)

Its bumping propaganda makes it a pitiful work of art and a viewer - sick (it has so much negative information that you may go puking). Though of course it is an interesting film because it lets us soak up the atmosphere of those times: mass hysteria and blasphemy. It is like a poster arranged by Vladimir Mayakovsky, only in black and white (with a bit of red). It's valuable as a vivid distorted history lesson. The musical score is far from being impressive but matches the style of the film perfectly.
5 out of 10, groundbreaking in its propaganda and at the same time miserable, but letting "Pet Shop Boys" spoiling the picture is not right - they should have accompanied "The Godfather" instead ("Go West", you know). Thanks for attention.