Because everyone seems to have a British accent, I can't help but imagine this as being set in the Kaiserreich's universe in the Union of Britain and taking place in the wake of Mosley's death.
While I agree that no satirical/comedic film about Stalin is complete without making fun of his authentic accent, I have trouble believing that the effect can be properly conveyed in English(especially in relatively few phrases at most, as by the premise the key figure seems to die very, very early in the film).Actually, the absence of authentic accents actually adds to the absurdity for me.
And Jason Issacs as Zhukov. Even if this ends up as a trainwreck with all the good shit in the trailer, I'm down.
...here it's not out until March 2018
Fuck me
Yup, the 21st to be precise.Shit, seriously? I read a good paper about it and felt it might be worth seeing...
Just got back from seeing this a few hours ago.
Bloody brilliant, bloody being the operative word. Ianucci and his collaborators have outdone themselves.
The casting was magnificent, the cast themselves deliver nothing less than good performances all round, a mesmerising Simon Russell Beale as Lavrentiy Beria steals the show, the script crackles with absurdist comic energy and malice...
Go and see this thing, for your own sake.
Or you'll end up on a list.
>>getting a screening of Three Billboards where you are
You can't see it but I'm envious right now.
Is this when I tell you that I found one I can get to after all
On one hand: you monster.Is this when I tell you that I found one I can get to after all
That sounds pretty fab mate I hope you have a lovely time!On one hand: you monster.
On the other I get to go to an amazing BBQ joint right beforehand and they serve beer in the theater so I'll just have to be satisfied with that.
So this came out in local theaters and I saw it. Great film, but wow was that darker than vantablack.
Heh, I imagine some of it was hammed up (It took much longer for Beria to get ridden out of town on a rail) but it was a great use of black comedy.Could have been worse. They had to remove some stuff because people wouldn't believe it was true. Look at the deleted scenes for some of it, but again, it's not even close to the full extent of what actually happened.
Article: No laughing matter: Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin reveals the anxieties of team Putin
Mark Edele Hansen Chair inHistory, University of Melbourne
Armando Iannucci's dark comedy The Death of Stalin, on general release in Australia from March 29, has caused controversy in Russia. After a preview in the Ministry of Culture in late January, a group of politicians and cultural figures – including the daughter of acclaimed WW2 military commander Marshal Georgy Zhukov, played in the film by Jason Isaacs – wrote an open letter to the minister calling the film "slander", "denigrating", and "extremist".
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