Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

A new kind of documentary for Adam Curtis, no more warm voice over narration, just images and tv news b roll of russia and rise of the oligarks. Still incredibly necessary work of Parallel political history.

You could almost seamlessly segue into "Putin's Witnesses" at the end of this. I'm going to be honest I kind of miss Curtis' voiceover, he seems to be getting less interested in narrative and musical accompaniment and would rather be a archival curator.

A seven-hour documentary that is about many things, among them being the rise of Putin, who first appears onscreen eight minutes before the end of the final episode. Like everything Adam Curtis does, this is more or less mandatory viewing for an understanding of key factors that brought us to this point.

hard to give a point. evidently not an original work: it's a collection of archival footage and obviously highly edited. many many very powerful & disturbing images (like the lady sitting in a square in the middle of a war). tragic story of a country stolen bit by bit, all in front of cameras. It is sad for humanity that some 70 years of "socialism" resulted in such an end (like the farmer lady who says she doesn't know or isn't interested in politics, except her husband's cigarettes)