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 But this very nicely matches the metaphor in the story.
 This, however, would not be made with modern sensitivity.
 
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+** SciFi from the Eastern Block
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/eastern-block-scifi
+:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-ebscifi"
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :primary_menu "brain-rot"
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_order name
+:END:
+
+*** DONE SciFi from the Eastern Block
+CLOSED: [2024-06-25 Tue 21:44]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu "brain-rot"
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My reviews of SciFi from the post and current soviet countries
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: menu
+:END:
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-ebscifi"
+#+begin_menu
+Dune
+#+end_menu
+
+*** DONE Dead Man's Lettes (aka Lettes from a Dead Man, 1986)
+CLOSED: [2024-06-25 Tue 22:56]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: dead-mans-letters-1986
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A short review of SciFi classic
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/dead-mans-letters.jpg
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 5
+:END:
+
+Let's get this right of the bat: /Dead Man's Letters/ is a masterpiece; one of the greatest movies I've ever witnessed.
+
+A Russian town after nuclear war.
+Professor Larsen, a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, lives with his sick wife and few other survivors in the basement of a museum.
+For the next 88 mins you will witness pure, soul eating /bleakness/.
+
+Talking about the story doesn't make sense, as it's not the point.
+/Dead Man's Letters/ is very much akin to Tarkowsky's movies.
+It's poetry and meditation on human condition.
+There are long stretches of nothing but inner monologue of main character who /thinks/.
+Not much of /comment/, but rather a /study/.
+I don't think I've ever witnessed this type of movie outside Russian cinema.
+It's not Bunuel, it's not Kubrick - but at the same it's very much /this/ type of movie.
+More of an experience, than a 3 act story.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: 5 "dead-mans-letters.jpg" 
+#+begin_rating
+Cover
+#+end_rating
+It's also one of the saddest movies I've experienced.
+No one is fighting for the future.
+They simply exist, waiting for the end.
+The only glimmer of hope is Larsen who thinks the was ended.
+But no one believes him.
+Maybe he even doesn't believe himself?
+
+The visual side very much reflects it.
+There are no real colors, everything is monochromatic but colorized.
+Just like in German Impressionism or /Stalker's/ scenes outside of The Zone.
+The movie is full of special effects, but none of them aim at wowing the viewer.
+You witness despair and the despair becomes part of you.
+Luckily, this is only 88 mins long - anything longer and it would be unbearable.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: :file dead-mans-letters-1.jpg
+#+attr_shortcode: :alt An old, white man wearing glasses. In sepia
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091759/mediaviewer/rm794067713
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+begin_image
+The "hero"
+#+end_image
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+#+attr_shortcode: :file dead-mans-letters-2.jpg
+#+attr_shortcode: :alt Two characters sitting by a metallic table. On the left, an old man hiding his face in his hands. On the right a balding white man. The scene is blue.
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fbyjma8jabmc61.jpg%3Fwidth%3D964%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D02b9a40ac8c094bc25d79890adb64b07c86c26e5
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+begin_image
+You won't glimpse much happiness here.
+#+end_image
+
+The movie is a directorial debut of Konstantin Lopushansky and was co-written by Boris Strutsky.
+Strugatskys Brothers are one of the greatest writers of /intelligent/ (up to a fault) SciFi, and Borise's talent is clearly shown here.
+Just like in their books, the story is there as means to an end; a medium to discuss humanity.
+It's not an easy movie to watch.
+It requires focus, dedication and a lot of thinking.
+You will get lost in it, and the movie may stay with you for a while - even though it won't ever be pleasant.
+It's an unforgettable experience.
+Too bad it's not widely known in the west.
+Maybe it's simply too convoluted?
+Or maybe it's just too different.
+Anyway, a masterpiece.
+I encourage everyone to at least /try/ to experience it.
+
+
 ** Severance 
 :PROPERTIES:
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