Wednesday, August 7, 2024

"Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World" (2023), Radu Jude.

A modern masterpiece. This movie is a comedic journey through the maladies of the new twenties. It is a scattershot approach to systemic criticism but it works quite well by covering many bases. Are the problems presented just Third World Problems? No, the developed countries impose their will.  Why is there no revolt by the Third World victims then? Because they must flow with the system to get the scraps. Was it better before, in communist times? It seems not, Ceaușescu was a totalitarian dictator. The film is dense with references, jokes and commentary, and will probably remain as a time capsule for future cinephiles and historians.

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