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The Death of Stalin - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2024-12-01 13:00:07
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For Patreon tier 'Bingers on the Wall' or higher: Uncovered Version - https://cinebingers.ca/UPYIBRRe63

movie runtime: 01:46:34

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Death of Stalin - Patreon Version

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Amelie W

Going straight from rewatching your watch-along of Ted Lasso to this, I'm sure it will be a happy and fun time

Baron Imhoof

How was it received in Russia? It was banned, and it was also banned in Kyrgyzstan, for mocking the Soviet past and making fun of the USSR.

Sergio Meira

Wonderful li'l movie, isn't it? :-)

Brad Lowry

I think that George said that "Molotov has an incendiary device named after him." And I think I can cite no less an expert as Stephen Fry as Master of Ceremonies of QI to correct him. I've known since childhood what a "Molotov Cocktail" is and I too thought it was named after Molotov. It is, if you don't want to wiki it, indeed a homemade incendiary device where one takes any household bottle (like an empty liquor bottle) fill it with gasoline or kerosene or whatever, stuff a doused and framable rag into its opening and then hurl it lit at some urban military force so that it explodes as a fireball upon impact. I too thought it was named after Molotov, but some years ago I learned from QI that it was named after the first despot that it was ever hurled toward, and that would be the Molotov in this movie.

Maiki

Wow, never heard of this one before. That was great. Thanks guys!

Tiberius

Surprisingly, the film is actually fairly historically accurate, with the only really significant inaccuracy being the timeline of events. Since you mentioned being a fan of Jason Isaacs' accent in this, I'm going to take the opportunity to recommend Dead Man's Shoes, starring Paddy Considine. It's a cult classic British thriller set in Yorkshire, which is the accent Jason Isaacs is doing. I think you would both really like it.

Amelie W
>>156935675

I have always said (well, since I watched Princess Bride), a great comedy always has a moment, even if it's just a minute, where it stops being a comedy. This movie puts it in almost the very last moment, for the entirety of Beria's "trial." Very bold, and I think it works brilliantly.

Mike FromOz

I am glad you talked about the movie being banned in Russia. Putin loves Stalin because of how strong/brutal he was, and sees himself as a continuation of his rule. Conversely, he hates Lenin because Lenin decided to give a lot of regions formerly under Russian control their freedom of self rule, which Stalin undid through brutal repression - especially of Ukraine, which brings us to today. The legacy of the old Soviet Union has not left, especially as Putin is a former KGB goon who see's himself as the new Peter the Great/Stalin (Man of Steel). As another poster put in the youtube version comments, Beria was worse than what was shown here, if you can imagine. His death was not carried out so swiftly, but in terms of movie logic, it makes sense to keep the pace and intensity going, rather than having a trial and execution for him. However, the problem with his death is a lot of the horrible things done in the Soviet Union were pinned on him, and later Stalin, which mean the ones who were alive and had also done terrible things were never brought to account. And this is once again happening today. The unfortunate thing about us Slav's is we're our own worse enemy, it seems. An excellent watch through, and I am so glad you decided to watch it!

Sergio Meira

About making fun of horrible people, I've thought about a future movie called The Death of Putin. But we need to see how his death will happen before we can do that....

Sergio Meira

Can you imagine if you guys had just finished a reaction video and noticed to your horror it hadn't been recorded, just to get a phone call from Stalin saying, "I want a copy. I'll send someone pick it up in 10 minutes."

Odd Thomas

For more Andrea Riseborough I recommend Oblivion and Never Let Me Go. For more Jason Isaacs: Event Horizon

Logan Kerlee

Definitely enjoyed the watchalong! I didn't keep notes throughout for this one - but I had a great time watching this. :) Lots of fun! :D

Tay Schumaker

I always thought it was dumb to match the accent to the country the story takes place in. If it were realistic they’d be speaking in Russian, not English with Russian accents. So just have them use their actual accent

Sergio Meira
>>156947408

Hey! My wife is Russian-Ukrainian, and I swear she's not her own worst enemy. She's as anti-Putin as they come.

Mike FromOz
>>156949546

Exactly this. Also, it allowed the director to have each actor have different accents which would reflect the difference in areas of the Soviet Union they all came from. Iannuci gave Stalin a cockney accent (he was Georgian), as he was kind of a gangster hard-man type in comparison to Kruschev, who was Russian from near the Ukrainian border.

Mike FromOz
>>156947408

I'm Croatian, and it seems that the fighting amongst ourselves and the deaths that causes are greater than anything an external foe has rendered against us. We, unfortunately, get held in bondage by weak men who kill their own people to look strong. I long for the day when all 13 Slavic nations will know peace, especially amongst themselves and their neighbours. I hope your wife's family is safe and well during these horrible times ❤

Tay Schumaker

Iannuci is so great. Veep would be a fun reaction

Ryan Alexander

Surprisingly accurate for a dark comedy. Most changes are just condensing things that happened years apart, the Soviet hockey team really did die in a plane crash, but a few years before Stalin's death. Also a bit of exaggeration. The whole concert fiasco at the beginning really happened as shown, and the pianist really did slip a note to Stalin, but it wasn't quite as inflammatory as in the movie. Overall great job

William Burnham

Simon Russell Beale as Beria is superb as a horrific character Ome of the best stage actors and Shakespearean actors around 😊😊😊😊😊

Spacedone

Just going to take this opportunity to recommend that you watch 'Brazil', which is another dark comedy but set in a dystopian future, with Jonathan Pryce in the lead role and also including Michael Palin, Robert De Niro and a number of other actors you'll no doubt recognise from Game of Thrones etc.

Philipp Roensch

Dark History Funny, must be one of my favorite genres.^^ This is a perfectly executed comedy and all the comrades get to shine in their worst light, hilarious! I also always loose it when Steve Buscemi dances around the coffin, and everything from Jason Isaacs.

Jay Davis

So glad this got on the schedule. Wonder if we can talk them into doing In The Loop now. I like that one even more than this one. Maybe because I was alive for the events, maybe because it's so much more frenetic. Can't say. It's SO good though.

sarCC

Armando Iannucci's best work is the show The Thick Of It. It's like what The Wire is to TV drama, but to TV comedy. Nothing else compares to it. It's so great, you might want to go through his not-as-good/disappointing stuff first, like his HBO shows and his David Copperfield movie(which is pretty fun, very charming). No matter what, definitely watch The Thick Of It before In The Loop as that movie is an offshoot of the show.

Justin James

If you don't mind reading subtitles, a great comedy-drama set against a soviet backdrop is the German film "Good Bye Lenin", starring a young Daniel Brühl (from Inglourious Basterds). Another great German film set in communist East Germany is "The Lives of Others". It is truly incredible drama, even winning the Oscar for best foreign language film in 2007.

Steve Mercier

Might I suggest 'In the Loop', also by Armando Iannucci...just as funny.

Ricardo Alanis

The Interview is another good example of lampooning a dictator.

mky

Jason Isaacs' coat doesn't have any medals on it; his uniform has all of the medals. When he shrugs off his coat, there's someone behind him to receive it...that person helps it fly off of Isaacs' shoulders.

davidov

That was an awesome watch, thank you so much!

TOGFather

The insane thing about the concert scene at the beginning is that the version in the film toned down from the reality. In the real events, the conductor who handled the second performance was the second replacement conductor - they had to go out again and find him because the first replacement they brought in was drunk.

Harry Fieldson

Jason Isaacs regularly visits a small indie cinema in London near where I'm looking to move in April, I'm really hoping I can chat to him about this role. As someone who grew up in Yorkshire I absolutely cracked up at his accent and mannerisms.

Ari Ramirez

This was hilarious, thank you! You'll probably get recommendations for In The Loop by the same director, I'll second those and also bring forward Veep, which he also created. Also, If you want to learn more about the Soviet Union (with a bit of a more optimistic view of it) I recommend reading The White Pill by Michael Malice.

Jacob King

The scene where Zhukov takes off his coat he’s shrugging it off while an aide takes it from him. He did defeat the Nazis so he’s allowed to be the coolest guy in every room. Another historical movie with a similar tone is The Favourite. A TV option is George Clooney’s adaptation of Catch 22.

Jacob King
>>156948620

I’m still hoping for a Mandy reaction and Andrea Riseborough is stunning in that one.

GBmain

1am I should be asleep.. *I'll just check Patreon*... 🫨 Bah, going to be tired tomorrow.

Brad Lowry
>>157030311

Yeah, but how about some curation that includes the 1970 film version directed by Mike Nichols and Starring Alan Arkin (grandfather in "Little Miss Sunshine) and Anthony Perkins (title character in "Psycho")..

Astraeos

Well, been a little minute since I've been on here, but as soon as I saw that you had reacted to my most favorite movie of all time, I had to join up again. This movie is so hilariously amazing, and I cannot wait right now to watch y'alls reaction to it. Lets gooooo And we also got Fear and Loathing coming up as well, another favorite of all time. A great December ahead

Astraeos
>>156955942

Seconded, Thirded, and Fourthed. Brazil is amazing, amazing, amazing.

Shibby

This was great, I love watching new movies I never would have seen without you guys it always turns out to be something good.

Rav Low

A couple of quick hits with some historical aspects: The Great Terror had an estimated death toll of 700k - 1.2 million during the great purge from 1936-1938. And it's estimated around 10k deaths in purges after WW2. The most messed up element was the Gulag tbh. But "life" and quality of life, at least in the bigger cities was pretty comparable to the US in the late 40s, 50s, and 60s. It's just, y'know, watch your step or Stalin will thorw you in a damn gulag or have you shot.