have seen
04.07.05 (5:29 am) [edit]Anna by Nikita Mikhailkov; the documentary film that follows the director's own daughter for thirteen years from six to nineteen years of her growth along with the social change Soviet Union went through and its collaps of 91. Beginning of 1980, six years-old Anna became focus of the director's examination of the effect of totalitarian propaganda had on children in the society with this method; he keeps asking same questions to her and studies the change, such as "What do you fear most?" "What do you want?" What do love?" "What do you like to be?"
It occurred to me that I might be able to do it to myself every year. How about my birthday this year?
The movie was a bit too didactic and predictable with certain apparent anti communism perspective. Of course it is easy to say anything like that looking back when it was gone.
"In an overwhelming manner, the maturity of Anna suddenly becomes harmonious with the collapse of communism and the rebirth of a liberal Russia" from the description.
However, I did not fail to spot what kind of a car Mikhalkov was driving; Mercedez, at the time of 91, when regular people were starving on the street. After all , this was a man who was way more previledged as a film maker who spent long time outside of the country and the daughter could take off to Switzerland for her education right away in the social collapse. I have kept fiding this director somehow unconvincing and these might attribute to it.