Leviathan
Serious Conversations on Sex, Religion, Politics and Other Things
English - March 25, 2019 04:47 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, the friends conclude their discussion of two recent Russian films, The Fool (2014), by Yuri Bykov, and Leviathan (2014), by Andrey Zvyagintsev. Having finished their discussion of The Fool, the friends now move on to Leviathan, another drama about political corruption in Russia, and give a detailed analysis of its themes and its criticism of contemporary Russian society. They then compare the two films, discussing their various similarities and possible trends in contemporary Russian cinema.
The friends also digress and talk about communism, the Orthodox Church, and oddly depressing Soviet kid's cartoons.
This episode contains spoilers.