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Cinema is not only entertainment but also a place to experience the reality of distant worlds, a tool of comprehension, and an occasion for empathy.
Through the films we have discussed, FILMEXPLORER proposes four reflections on the ongoing aggression of the Russian Army in Ukraine, for culture is the best political commitment against violence and arrogance.
REAL LIFE
Ukraine-Russia Newsletter (3/4)
The news focuses almost solely on heroes and perpetrators, as if they would follow a cinematic pattern, but if we want to understand something of the real life of Ukrainian and Russian people under dictatorship and political corruption, we should question another kind of cinema:
The trilogy of hopelessness
When social relationships are constantly reduced to power exchanges then existential nihilism, bitter individualism and cynical exploitation arise, as is particularly evident in, respectively:
The trilogy of isolation
Under the politics of surveillance and exploitation, isolation can mean resistance, captivity or alienation, as is particularly evident in, respectively:
The trilogy of rebellion
Be it against the oppression of family, of society, or of politics:
The trilogy of affection
When hope comes from individual bonds:
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