Romania's long-form documentary "The Collective," nominated for both Best International Film and Best Documentary at the Oscars, is another very sensitive topic, reflecting the 2015 fire in a Koletsev bar that killed 27 people, and 37 later. burn patients died of postoperative infection. It exposed the backwardness and corruption of the Romanian medical system, as well as the chaos of government management and unknown power and money transactions. At least two problems can be reflected from the film: First, after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, although the political system of Romania has changed, the old model that has persisted for decades still has a profound impact on people's thinking and life. Second, after all, the system has changed, and the media can independently investigate, track and report the concealed facts and truths, and to a large extent have played a very good role in supervising and restricting society and power. The content of the film is "forbidden to associate". The film has a good performance and a fast pace. At first, I thought it was a feature film. Many lines in the film are thought-provoking, only two excerpts from media reporters:
- When the media bows to the authorities, the authorities abuse citizens.
- If we keep silent, we become complicit.
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