Russian media organization @meduza_en gave a review of the film "russians at war" and gave the assessment that it is "a carefully selected and sifted version of the trench truth" questioning why it shows no conscripts, no Wagnerites, no prisoners, no evil... 🧵1/4 
"There is not a word about why and under what circumstances Russia invaded Ukraine in the first place. Not a hint of war crimes"
"Cinematography is a magnifying glass that turns any fact into an artistic image (propaganda works the same way)"
"Cinematography is a magnifying glass that turns any fact into an artistic image (propaganda works the same way)"
Russian doc filmmaker Vitaly Mansky says that this film was very professionally done and so were the films of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl
"I don't agree [that this is an anti-war film]." and "I don't know to what extent this sympathy brings the end of the war closer."
"I don't agree [that this is an anti-war film]." and "I don't know to what extent this sympathy brings the end of the war closer."
And the most important point.
How was this film even made?
Mansky sent a cameraman to shoot one scene in Russia and that cameraman was immediately arrested.
So how did this person spend 7 months quietly shooting a film inside the most locked down media environment on earth?
How was this film even made?
Mansky sent a cameraman to shoot one scene in Russia and that cameraman was immediately arrested.
So how did this person spend 7 months quietly shooting a film inside the most locked down media environment on earth?
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