Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Review: Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Director: Jaak Kilmi

Cast: Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi, Alo Kõrve, Jaan Tootsen, Liina Vahtrik,

Kiur Aarma
Kiur Aarma
Jaak Kilmi
Jaak Kilmi
Alo Kõrve
Alo Kõrve
Jaan Tootsen
Jaan Tootsen
Liina Vahtrik
Liina Vahtrik

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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