64. "Come and See" (1985)

Come and see "Come and See"!


Tonight we tackle what's considered one of the most disturbing
movies ever made. This 1985 Soviet production portrays what
happened in Belarusian villages when the Nazis came to Russia.
Its two creators were so bent on making a realistic movie, they
didn't care if no one would actually watch it. Yet in the
intervening decades the cinematography, editing and thematic
shifts of "Come and See" have rendered it an especially acclaimed
film. 


And in going through CaS, we stick to the tried-and-true World
War II Movie Night formula, i.e., no movie is above having some
fun with... asides include lists, 80s nostalgia, "Dirty Dancing,"
quicksand, Rodney Dangerfied, and how I viewed the Soviet Union
as a child of Reagan's America. 


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