Great shot.
A documentary, with such a story, ups and downs, and strong emotions, is like a sports inspirational film, but it is a true story. The director focused on the story based on the legendary Soviet hockey team (for example, when filming the interview of "Female No. 1" Kasatonov's betrayal of the protagonist, he tried his best to give a close-up of his face. Is there a tearjerker with a strong voice?), which turned out to be a correct one. After the scene, Americans said very interesting angle.
Legendary stories and smart directors, just as director Gabe and the protagonist Fetisov told each other at the end of the film: I'm lucky to have you.
Above ordinary, this is a four Star rated videos.
But I give five stars. The fifth star is not a five star for my party. The fifth star shines on the American flag.
Many American-style Soviet documentaries, including this one, try to clarify a question:
What is it like to live in the USSR?
But almost all of them don't. Quite simply, in a country so different from the West, how can the director understand the life of the people there without experiencing something?
Strictly speaking, the film did not make it clear. Perhaps due to space or story considerations, this film is still completely black to Su Gong, and it is completely masked, just like the descriptions of Jie, Zhou, and Dong Zhuo in the history books are basically "wine ponds and meat forests". American audiences said it didn't matter, they didn't understand anyway. But we Chinese people can understand at a glance that our party is so stupid and so bad, right?
But this film made a very good attempt to understand life in the Soviet Union, especially asking the former KGB to tell the story, especially the part asking: Why didn't the Soviet Union let Fetisov go to the NHL?
People who have known WZZ's experience resonate too much with this passage.
The film recreates this very neutrally, and also tries to explain why the Soviet Union even locked Fetisov and then let him go. This effort is awesome.
If the passage of Hei Sugong is about the past of this country, then the last few minutes about the lives of these people after the disintegration of the Soviet Union is about the present and future of this country. Stuck on Facebook for the "past", but speaks accurately about the "present" and the "future".
One of the passages tells that after Fetisov and Kasatonov returned to China, the Soviet Union had disintegrated and the country's values had changed dramatically. At this time, Fetisov and Kasatonov described the materialization and lost things of the people very accurately.
Next, I will say that many people in the Soviet Union, from the police to the leaders of the state, are deeply influenced by the old times, and the country is facing many difficulties. Kasatonov said he didn't want to stay in such an environment, and Fetisov became sports minister and slowly built the country.
As Chinese, we know that directors understand our present and future.
So I said, this is a rare American film that understands Russia better. In this progressive sense, add a sparkling red star.
PS:
Some people may say:
why do you make sports documentaries and talk about so much politics?
In the Soviet Union, what can't be separated from politics.
PS2:
This film must be nominated for an Oscar.
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