Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Review: Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Director: Jaak Kilmi

Cast: Gerda Viira, Oskar Vuks, Toomas Pool, Jaan-Joosep Puusaag, Einar Kotka,

Gerda Viira
Gerda Viira
Oskar Vuks
Oskar Vuks
Toomas Pool
Toomas Pool
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Jaan-Joosep Puusaag
Einar Kotka
Einar Kotka

Plot: A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

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Recent Viewing: April and May, part three

Recent Viewing: April and May, part three

Among other recent disks, Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and Frank Perry’s The Swimmer use realistic performance and imagery to dig below material reality to strange symbolic and psychological depths, while the Estonian documentary […]

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