A beautifully shot film about a terrible time and terrible people which mirrors the modern day

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2019)

This is a film about compromises, and how communists in their attempt to universalize art turned it into kitsch, the final insult of enforced propaganda. The modern day counterpart does much the same with dumb down globalized films further poisoned mandatory woke messaging. Both give lip service to serving the common man, but in reality they regard them with contempt. These systems destroy art, they destroy tradition, and they destroy people by destroying standards of tradition and morality. The resulting compromised souls rationalize engaging in mercenary self indulgence. Its a beautiful looking film, filled with bad people, a sirens song, and a silly man.