Revue (2009)

As he did with his criticallyacclaimed Blockade a documentary recreation of the WWII siege of Leningrad which received its NY theatrical premiere in March 2007 filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has once again scoured the Russian film archives for Revue selecting excerpts from newsreels propaganda films TV shows and feature films that present an evocative portrait of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s With scenes taken from the length and breadth of the Soviet Motherland Revue illustrates industry and agriculture political life popular culture and technology The films fascinating flow of disparate scenes representing typical Soviet life of the period is seen from todays perspective alternately poignant funny and tragic