Olivier Assayas goes behind the iron curtain
“In general”, the narrator (Jeffrey Wright) notes in the amazing political drama in Olivier, “Things in Russia are going well. But when they walk bad, they go truly Bad. “Although he was almost entirely set within RealPolitik in early 21street Moscow century, Kremlin magician He provides a warning to the West on how this situation is. Starting in 2019 and clarifying back and forth, he tells a story that dates back to Adolf Hitler, as was facilitated by German Chancellor Franz von paper in 1932, but he also expects what is happening now in the United States, as the Donald Trump administration revolves around making the project 25, removing once as a dream about the pipes, which is a reality.
Fascism is an easy word for Bandy, and Kremlin magician Not about that; It relates to the modern concept of fake democracy, and it is something more toxic and objective. It is appropriate that our guide in this mysterious region be academic, a man who tends more to see Russia Vladimir Putin as an unusual art project, unlike the West, poets and artists in Russia were often invaded by right from the left. A good example of this is Edward Limonov, the topic of Kirill Serebrennikov for 2024 Limmov: The story; The co -author of Assayas Emmanuel Carrier formulated the book on which the film relied, and its topic makes a very important veil, at a decisive moment here.
Limmov, who died, is one of the few characters that appear under his name, and pre -movie credit guarantees us this Kremlin magician It is an imaginary action. It is clear that it is a complete chance, to focus its concentration, and the man Ruwina has so far had, such as Vladislav Sarkov, a pioneering theater writer who photographed without tracking to become Putin’s main strategy. His name is Vadim Paranov, and Paul Dano plays his role as a charming human smoke, speaking in almost an inception tone, who does not give up his circular poker.
Paranov is now retiring, telling the narrator, as he begins looking at his exceptional life story. Unusually, he seems to be a very reliable narrator, and the strange thing about him is that, for the rotation doctor, he is completely submitted. But this, partly, is what Kremlin magician Is everything about: when the truth is abandoned, what does honesty mean – and are the facts important at all? These ideas are already leakage in the head of Piranov as he flirts with the wicked under the progressive GORBACHEV system, inspired by Mayakovsky and Russian future for some of the really terrible plays.
But Paranov feels bored of trying to think about his time, he wants to be part of them, which is participating in reality TV and powerful TV producer Boris Peresovsky (Will Kane). Like many other Russians who come to Paranov orbit, Peresovsky enjoys fruits PerceroicaThe boundaries of the business and policy that will later lead to many assassination attempts and sudden unexpected death in 67 years. Through Perezovsky, Paranov Vladimir Putin (Judd Lu), a former KGB agent, initially met with Peresovsky’s attempt to look. Very drunk.
Well, we know how things went, but entertaining as they are in simplifying the rear negotiations that followed. Kremlin magician It is a very studied attempt to empty the current moment. It is impossible not to see how vital TV in this regard, and just as Donald Trump was doing now, Putin was quick to express his critics, until his satirical forced him Chick ((Doll) Off the air after abuse to the dolls. More importantly, the film shows how extremist ideologies create strange covers, which Paranov uses in his favor, by financing the underground motorcycle militia and head of religious heads in the interior as the strict base of Putin.
Unusually, although it is recorded in 156 minutes, rarely Carlos (2010) He did not take the course of the mini chain here as well. In terms of performance, Jude Law Putin is amazingly effective, as he gets the president’s crossing to perfection, and gave him an English accent in a slightly detector. Meanwhile, Dano returns to something more mysterious and subjective, and talks about the nice game that takes a little bit of getting used to. Physically, it’s well suitable for the role as well, as it places a benign face on a boundary social personality.
Remember that Silver Worship Charles Manson had permission from many influential people (including Dennis Wilson, the children, who baptized the treated), as well as Gregory Rasputin, the Sufi to Al -Qayyar, who was compared to Baranov. But as this sharp and exact story appears, sometimes the most dangerous influencers wear a tie and a clean throat comes.
address: Kremlin magician
festival: Venice (competition)
exit: Olivier Assayas
Screenplay: Olivier Assayas and Emmanuel Carrier, from Juliano da Empoli’s novel
Empty: Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano, Judd Lu, Alicia Foreskander, Tom Storge, Will Kane
Sales agent: Gomont
Running time: 2 hours 36 minutes