Dec 8th
The Death of Stalin*
(GB/Fra/Belgium 2017)
Gaumont/Main Journey/Quad Productions/France 3 Cinema/La Cie Cinematographique. 107m.
Satirical telling of the power struggle in Moscow after the unexpected heart attack of Josef Stalin in 1953 - events that could be hardly less farcical themselves - done in a style familiar to followers of the TV series The Thick of It, with nasty characters and foul language superseding some of the subtler visual satire such as the opening concert scene (where the players are forced to repeat the performance so that Stalin will hear the recording), whilst some of the performances in a varied star cast come through as brief moments of wit and style.
Written by: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, from the comic by Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin.
Producers: Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Kevin Loader.
Director: Armando Iannucci.
Starring: Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi (as Kreuschev), Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin (as Molotov), Andrea Riseborough, Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Whitehouse, Adrian McLoughlin.
Photography: Zac Nicholson.
Music: Chris Willis.
+ partly filmed in the genuine Moscow itself
The Death of Stalin*
(GB/Fra/Belgium 2017)
Gaumont/Main Journey/Quad Productions/France 3 Cinema/La Cie Cinematographique. 107m.
Satirical telling of the power struggle in Moscow after the unexpected heart attack of Josef Stalin in 1953 - events that could be hardly less farcical themselves - done in a style familiar to followers of the TV series The Thick of It, with nasty characters and foul language superseding some of the subtler visual satire such as the opening concert scene (where the players are forced to repeat the performance so that Stalin will hear the recording), whilst some of the performances in a varied star cast come through as brief moments of wit and style.
Written by: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, from the comic by Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin.
Producers: Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Kevin Loader.
Director: Armando Iannucci.
Starring: Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi (as Kreuschev), Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin (as Molotov), Andrea Riseborough, Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Whitehouse, Adrian McLoughlin.
Photography: Zac Nicholson.
Music: Chris Willis.
+ partly filmed in the genuine Moscow itself
THE DEATH OF STALIN. Steve Buscemi as Nikita Kreuschev (second from right) looks suspiciously like his modern day successor Vladimir Putin.
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